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captain cook claims east coast
captain cook claims the east coast of australia for britain -
Convicts to be transported
British prime-minister announces that a plan has been formed to transport convic.ts to NSW, Australia. -
first fleet leaves
first fleet leave portsmouth and travel to australia -
arrival of first fleet
captain arthur phillip leads first fleet into sydney cove -
raising the flag
on 26 jnuary 1788 the britsh flag was raised for the first time at sydney cove. -
new colony
in january 1788 ,the first fleet, captained by auther phillip, arrived in sydney cove -
Early years
Governor phillip left sydney in december 1792. By then the settlement had survived its first and worst five years. Sydney was a rough place but it was still growing -
smallpox invade
smallpox spread to aboriginal towns the eora and guringai -
expansion of nsw colony
william lawson, gregory blaxland and william wentworth lead a party across the blue mountains allowing expansion of te nsw colony. -
settlers and indiginous fight
fighting began between settlers and the wiradjuri people -
exploring the land
From 1825 to 1855 mitchell was the surveyor - generralof new south wales. he was in charge of mapping the colony -
deal with aboriginals
john batman struck a deal with the local aboriginal people.The settlers agreed to give the aboriginal people goods in exchange for their land. -
astralian explorers
after the troubles and hard ship of early years the adminstration were punshing to find out more about what lay beyond the shores and coastline of australia -
finding gold
the hope of finding gold broght many people to the australian colonies.By the 1850s large numbers of free settlers were choosing to come and live in the colonies. -
exploring land
Much of australia remained unexplored. Thomas mitchel was a surveyor and explorer ho led four expeditions into new territory. He found areas with good grass, and settlers soon followed with their sheep and cattle -
gold rush
many people believe that in 1851 edward hargraves was the first person to dicover gold, this is not true it was found by convict. Hundreds more porbably fond it but didnt botrher to tell any one -
bushrangers
in the early days of australis history, Bushrangers roamed the countryside. there lived by stealing horses holding up farms and travelers and robbing banks and stores. Many were escaped convicts. Others were just young men looking for adventure and freedom from the boredomof everyday work. -
commonwealth is declared
the commonwealth of australia is declared -
wrongfully convicted
Linda chamberlain was found guilty of a crime sh did not commit. Her ordeal began on 17 august 1980, when she and her family were camping at base of Uluru. That evvening, while the family was preparing dinner, nine week old Azaria chamberlain disappeared from the tent. Lindy chamberlain clearly remember the evening -
first landing
In august 1786 the british goverment decided to start a convict settlement in new south wales. This also allowed england to claim australia and stopfrance or spain from taking it
