aboriginal history

  • Jan 1, 1111

    50,000 to 15,000 bc

    Aboriginals came and they got settled in Australia. This was before the world separated.
  • Feb 4, 1500

    Fishing

    Indonesian trepang fishers visit northern Australia.
  • Dutchman Willem Janz

    Willem Janz explored the western coast of Cape York Peninsula.
  • Dutchman Jan Carstenz

    He described some encounters of aboriginals. An aboriginal man got shot.
  • Englishman William Dampier

    William Dampier visited the west coast of Australia.
  • Instuctions

    Captain James Cook was given these instructions his instructions were to take possesion if the land if there were no inhabitants.
  • Botany Bay

    Captain Cook enterd Botany Bay the aboriginals saw this and wanted them to go.
  • Prisoners

    The Goverment chose Botany Bay to put prisoners in.
  • The Arrival

    Aboriginals were watching the ship enter.
  • First Aboriginal Captured

    Arabanoo was the first aboriginal captured by the europeans.
  • Estimation

    Captain Arthur Phillip estimates 1 5000 aboriginals living in Sydney.
  • The Frist Fleet

    Captain Arthur Phillip enterd Botany Bay. 9 ships sailed to Botany Bay for over three days.
  • Port Jackson

    Captain Arthur Phillip sailed to Port Jackson.
  • The First Conflict

    The first conflict began between the aboriginals and europeans. Aboriginals took place at Rushcutters Bay, Sydney. Two convicts died.
  • Small Pox

    Small Pox which is an ilness spreads around the aboriginals in Sydney, Botany Bay and Broken Bay.
  • Two CAptured

    Two aboriginals were captured by Govenor Phillip. Their names were Bennelong and Colebee, Colebee escaped but Bennelong Stayed in the goverments house for 5 months.