Thomas p Australian Colonisation Timeline

  • The industrial revolution

    The industrial revolution
    The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
  • The calming

    The calming
    After New Holland (Australia) Was maped out by Lieutenant James Cook. King Gorge lll claimed the east coast of New holland (Australia) and called it New South Wales
  • Explores

    Explores
    Willem Janszoon1606
    Louis van der Torres 1606
    Dirk Hartoy 1916
    Frederick de Housman
    James cook 1770
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    The first fleet arrived in Australia

    The First Fleet of 11 ships, each one no larger than a Manly ferry, left Portsmouth in 1787 with more than 1480 men, women and children onboard. Although most were British, there were also African, American and French convicts. After a voyage of three months the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay on 24 January 1788.
  • Captian athour Phillips trip

    Caption Author Phillips set of to Australia to make a new colony the trip had tacken 5 months the trip was dangerous and many people died
  • The second fleet

    Second Fleet consisted of six ships - four transport ships and two storeships arrived in Sydney Cove in 1790. Three of the transport ships carried mostly male convicts The convicts Of the approximate 1250 male convicts, over 25% died en route to NSW (in comparison to just 2.8% of those on the First Fleet) and many more died within a year of reaching Sydney (Flynn 2001). Almost half of the convicts who arrived in Sydney required immediate hospitalisation and about 80 died within three weeks
  • Van diemens land

    Van diemens land
    Van diemens land separated from New South Wales to become the second
  • Victoria broke away

    15 years before Victoria broke away from new the colony of new waleswas established
  • The American civil war

    The American civil war
    Despite being across the world from the conflict, the Australian colonies were affected by the American Civil War both economically and by immigration.
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    The American civil war

    Despite being across the world from the conflict, the Australian colonies were affected by the American Civil War both economically and by immigration.
  • The colony

    Victoria territory was a part of nsw and part of south Australia's colonies
  • The third fleet

    The third fleet had 11 ships arrived 1791 with over 2000 convicts.194 male convicts died and only 4 females died