Major Edmund Lockyer arrived on the Amity with a detatchment of soldiers, a small group of free settlers and 21 convicts arrived at Frederickstown (Albany) to establish a settlement at King George sound.
Major Lockyer annexed the south-west corner of New Holland as part of New South Wales.
Swan River Colony founded.
The foundation of Perth
Western Australia becomes a penal colony.
The first shipment of 75 transportees (convicts) arrive in Fremantle.
