Australian Colonies

  • First fleet

    First fleet
    They sent their first penal colony to new holland and new south wales and they traveled all the way to botany bay to house the convicts
  • discovery of Tasmania

    discovery of Tasmania
    Not all people stayed around in sydney. In the 1790s some person abel tasman came to van's demon's land.
  • discovery of western Australia

    A british settlement of three settlers was established on the swan river in 1829. two years later the british government officially claimed new holland.
  • south australia

    South Australia was established as a free colony in 1836 it was taken from the south of new south wales. Kangaroo island and other island were included.
  • discovery of northern Australia

    European settlement had slowly been expanding to coastal parts of northern Australia in 1820s.