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first fleet

By sstevens1

  • Dutch explorer

    first Dutch explorer sailed to Australia

  • 1770 james cook sails to australia

    captain james cook discovers australia

  • first fleet left England

    the first fleet left England with convicts

  • first fleet arrived in australia

    first fleet arriven in Australia and set up a colony
  • Period: to

    penal (prison) colony

    New South Wales was officially a penal (prison) colony consisting mainly of convicts, marines (guards), and the marines’ families

  • government officials created boundaries

    government officials created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today

  • stopped transporting convicts

    British stopped transporing prisoners to Australia

  • Commonwealth of Australia

    January 1, 1901: the Commonwealth of Australia was established.