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in the 1770s his magesty king george the third took possession of the whole eastern coast by the name of new south wales
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In August 1786 the british government decided to start a convict settlement in New South Wales. This also allowed England to claim Australia because they wanted to stop Fance or Spain from taking over
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the frist fleet said from portsmouth england. there were 11 ships in the first fleet. there were two navel ships, 6 convict ships and and 3 storeships for supplies. captin arthur phillp was in charge.
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on the 25th of May 1787 the first fleet were in the middle of the Idian Ocean
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the first fleet arrived in tenerife ,canary islands. they stayed a week and took on freash supplies.
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on the 5th of July 1787 the first fleet crossed the equtor.
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in the first fleet of 11 ships each one no larger then a manly ferry left Portsmouth in 1788. most were british there were also Afircan, american and french convits. after a voyge of the months the first fleet arrived at bortany bay on the 24th of January 1788.
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in 1788 the first fleet went ashore at port jackson to start a setlment. Arthur Philip changed port jackson's name to sydney cove after Lord Sydney. he was a offical that orgieniser that made the voyge possible.
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the first convict given farm land to farm at rose hill , now known as parranatta
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in the winter of 1791,the process of british colonisation of Western Australia begain when George Vancouver claimed the albany region in the name of king George the 3rd.
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convicts were the majority of colony population. a lot of free convicts were given positions of responsibility.
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goverment surveyor James mcbrien Descorvers traces of gold in the fish river,East of Bathurst.
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colony of western Australia established at Perth by Captain James stirling
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the qestion of land ownership by indigenous people was not dealt with by the coloniesers until the mid 1830s
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Vandams land was officially changed to Tasmaina on the 01/01/1856
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Queensland was seperated from NSW on the 6th of june 1858.
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from 1788 until 1823 th colony of New south whales was a penal colony. this meant that there were mainly convits, marines and the wise of the mariens although free setterlers started to arrive in 1793.
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Australia outlaw Ned Kelly (1855-1880) was leader of the Kelly gang, notorious fof robbberis and poli8ce shootings in the 19th cetnury.Ned Kelly shot a police man who was trying to arrest his brother in 1877.
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bushrangers lived off the land by being suported by staeling from free setterlers -was either chosen as a preferd way of life by eascaped convicts
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conits were trasported to vandams land from Sydney in the latter years from 1841 to 1847 from Melbourne.
