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Jan 1, 1700
The people in Britain kept stealing because they were in poverty which made the prisons overcrowd. -
Jan 1, 1700
The machines took away many jobs because they could do more in less time than people meaning they weren't as many jobs. -
Jan 1, 1700
People would get sick easily because the people who had houses dumped there waste out the window meaning the people on the streets would get sick. -
Jan 1, 1700
The factories and machines were pumping out dirty air which leaded to pollution. -
Jan 1, 1700
England used to send convicts to America but America had signed the Declaration of Independence, which means they couldn't send prisoners to America anymore. -
Jan 1, 1700
Australia was another place England could own. -
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Assessment
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August 22, 1770
Captain James Cook first discovered Australia. He claimed the whole of Eastern Australia as a British possession and named it New South Wales. -
May 13, 1787
The First Fleet leaves Portsmouth, England, for NSW. -
Jan 26, 1788
Captain James Cook first landed in Port Jackson along with the First Fleet. British colonisation of Australia begins. Aboriginal people resist the takeover of their land. Captain Arthur Phillip finds a penal settlement at Sydney. With the Aboriginal population thought to be around several thousand. -
Jan 26, 1788
The First Fleet moves to Sydney Cove and raises the British flag. -
Mar 6, 1788
Settlement of Norfolk Island. The First Settlement. On March 6, 1788, the British colours were raised over Norfolk Island. Six weeks earlier, Britain's First Fleet had arrived at Botany Bay (soon to become Sydney) to establish the penal colony of New South Wales. -
Dec 31, 1788
Arabanoo was kidnapped by the British settlers to be taught how to live the British way of life. -
May 18, 1789
Arabanoo died of smallpox while living with the British Settlers. -
Jul 29, 1789
The Lady Juliana of the Second Fleet sails from Plymouth, England -
Dec 1, 1789
Bennelong and Colbee were kidnapped by the British, but Colbee soon escaped. -
Dec 23, 1789
The Guardian hits an iceburg. -
Jan 19, 1790
The Neptune, Surprize and Scarborough leave England. -
May 3, 1790
Bennelong slipped away from the British settlement at night to rejoin his people. -
Jun 1, 1790
The Neptune, Surprize and Scarborough arrive at Sydney Cove. -
Jun 6, 1790
The Lady Juliana arrives at Sydney Cove. -
Sep 7, 1790
Governor Phillip was speared on Manly beach by a Wanghal Warrior during a meeting with Bennelong and his people. -
Oct 8, 1790
Using fire, Bennelong signalled the British settlement which led to a meeting of reconciliation with Governor Phillip. -
Nov 1, 1790
Governor Phillip built a house for Bennelong at Jubgalee, now Bennelong Point. -
Jan 1, 1791
Bennelong's favourite wife, Barangaroo, gave birth to their daughter, Dilboong. Barangaroo died a few days later. Dilboong was found a British wet nurse but she died soon after. -
Jan 1, 1791
The Thrid Fleet arrives. -
Dec 11, 1792
Bennelong and Imeerawanyee accompanied Governor Phillip on his return voyage to England. -
Jan 1, 1793
Imeerawanyee died of pneumonia. -
Sep 1, 1795
Bennelong arrived back in Sydney on board the Reliance with the colonies new Governor, John Hunter. -
Jan 1, 1801
The ticket-of-leave system is established. -
Jan 1, 1802
The first Britons to discover and enter Port Phillip, were the crew of the Lady Nelson, commanded by John Murray, which entered the bay on 15 February 1802. Murray called the bay Port King after the Governor of New South Wales, Philip Gidley King. -
Jan 1, 1803
Van Diemen's Land is settled with convicts and some free men. Port Phillip is also settled with convicts. -
Jan 1, 1805
Port Phillip is abandoned as a penal settlement and convicts from there are moved to Van Diemen's Land. -
Jan 13, 1813
Bennelong was killed in a tribal fight and buried at Kissing Point, now in the suburb of Ryde. -
Jan 1, 1820
8000 free settlers arrive; explorers and squatters push West, South and North onto pasture and grazing lands. -
Jan 1, 1823
New South Wales Governor Sir Thomas Brisbane sends explorer John Oxley to find potential new penal sites. -
Jan 1, 1823
Van Diemen's Land becomes a separate colony. -
Jan 1, 1824
Convict settlements are set up at Moreton bay, and then Brisbane, in QLD. -
Jan 1, 1828
The beginning of the Black Wars in Tasmania. The Tasmanian Aboriginals are later taken to Flinders Island. -
Jan 1, 1829
Colony of Western Australia established at Perth by Captain James Stirling. -
Jan 1, 1829
A colony of free settlers is established in Western Australia. -
Jan 1, 1830
30,000 free settlers, most assisted by the British government, arrive in NSW; wool overtakes whale oil as the colonies main export earner. -
Jan 1, 1830
Perth was found and named by Captain James Stirling. in honour of the birthplace and parliamentary seat in the British House of Commons of Sir George Murray, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. -
Jan 1, 1830
A jail at Port Arthur is established. -
Jan 1, 1832
In 1832 the colony was renamed the Colony of Western Australia, when the colony's founding Lieutenant-Governor, Captain James Stirling, belatedly received his commission. However, the name "Swan River Colony" remained in informal use for many years afterwards. -
Jan 1, 1834
South Australia is settled by free people. No convicts were ever sent there. -
1836 - 1837
The British Parliament says that Aboriginal people have a "plain right and sacred right" to their land. It recommends that Protectors of Aboriginals be appointed in Australia. -
Jan 1, 1836
Adelaide was found. Named in honour of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to King William IV, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for a freely-settled British province in Australia. -
Jan 1, 1840
80,000 free settlers arrive in NSW; the settlement is expanding rapidly as sheep and cattle spread across inland plains. -
Jan 1, 1840
The British stopped transporting convicts to NSW. They now send double the amount of convicts to Van Diemen's Land. -
Jan 1, 1841
Caroline Chisholm sets up Female Immigrants' Home. -
Jan 1, 1842
The Moreton Bay district is officially opened to free settlement. -
Jan 1, 1842
Governor Gipps declares Brisbane is no longer a convict settlement. -
Jan 1, 1850
Western Australia becomes a penal colony. -
Jan 1, 1850
Gold is found at several locations leading to gold rushes throughout the decade. The population increases three-fold in 10 years to pass the million mark. An influx of Chinese leads to restrictions on their entry. Aborigines are treated very badly and their numbers collapse. -
Jan 1, 1850
Transportation of convicts to Western Australia begins.
