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the first fleet arrive in australia
the first fleet of 11 ships, commanded by captain Arthur Phillip, left Portsmouth in 1787 with more than 1480 men, women and children onboard. after a voyage of three months, the first fleet arrived at botany bay on the 24 of january 1788. -
The Frontier Conflict
Colonial Frontier were ambiguous places, comprising official borders that marked the advancing limits of colonial incursion, areas allocated for settlement, governed by colonial authorities. -
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1800s
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sydney cove was wrecked
In march 1797 at ninety mile beach in victoria, five british and 12 bengali sea men swam ashore after their long boat was ripped apart in a storm. Sydney cove was wrecked and some survivors traveled from bass strait to port jackson, enabling the rescue of others. -
The Wool Industry
The wool industry began in 1797. The wool industry was had a rapid growth throughout the 1800s. In 1821, the first Australian wool was sold at Garraway’s Coffee House in London. Just before 1840, Australia was producing more than two million kilos of wool each year. By the 1880s the wool business was booming and many squatters and pastoralists were immensely wealthy. -
castle hill rebellion
the castle hill rebellion of 1804 was a rebellion by convicts against colonial authority of the british colony of new south wales in the castle hill area, in sydney. the rebellion was the highest development in a battle fought between convicts and the colonial forces of australia. on the 5 march 1804 at rouse hill, the unofficial second battle of vinegar hill. -
The Rum Rebellion
The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of government in Australian history. During the 19th century, it was widely referred to as the great Rebellion. The governor of new south wales, william bligh, was deposed by the new south wales corps under the command of major george johnston, working closely with john macarthur. -
"Australia" instead of "New Holland"
Major General Lachlan Macquarie, CB was a british army officer and colonial administrator from scotland. macquarie served as the fifth and last ruler governor of new south wales from 1810 - 1821, and had a leading role in the social economics and architecture development of the colony. -
New South Wales established first settlement
New South Wales established first settlement in Western Australia at King George Sound as a convict-supported military garrison, named Frederick Town but renamed Albany in 1832. -
The Black War
The Black War was the period of violent conflict between British colonists and Aboriginal Australians in Tasmania from the mid-1820s to 1832. The conflict fought largely as a guerrilla war by both sides, claimed the lives of more than 200 Europeans colonists and between 600 and 900 Aboriginal people, nearly annihilating the islands indigenous people. -
New Zealand was no longer part of New South Wales
New Zealand was proclaimed a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
