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First Europeans Reach Aus
First Europeans (Dutch) Reach the west side of Australia but are attacked by Indigenous people forcing them to retreat. This expedition concluded to the dutch that Australian is not worth inhabiting. -
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Australia Evolved
Australia became penal colonies and there was no escape. There were only very few indigenous left at this point. -
Captain Cook's Voyage around Australia
Captain Cook's first voyage to Australia and step foot on Botany Bay in Sydney. -
First Fleet
On 13 May 1787, the First Fleet of 11 ships and about 1,530 people (736 convicts, 17 convicts' children, 211 marines, 27 marines' wives, 14 Marines' children and about 300 officers and others) under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip had set sail for Botany Bay. -
Settling
In 1788, the European settlers have settled into Australia and have built colonies along the eastern coast. -
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Colonies
The NSW colonies with the convicts slaving the land, guards watching over them and their families. -
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Convict delivery
Between 1788 and 1792 about 3546 male and 766 female convicts were landed at Sydney which many were professional criminals with few of the skills required for the establishment of a colony. -
Food crisis
The food situation reached crisis point in 1790 and the Second Fleet which finally arrived in June 1790 which had lost a quarter of its "passengers" through sickness, but accommodated the colonies need for food. -
The Second Fleet
The Second Fleet of convicts arrives in Sydney Cove. Bringing with it more convicts, supplies and officers. -
First Free settlers
When the Bellona transport came to anchor in Sydney Cove, she brought with her the first immigrant free settlers. They were: Thomas Rose, a farmer from Dorset, his wife and four children; he was allowed a grant of 120 acres; Thomas Webb and Edward Powell each received a grant of 80 acres, and Joseph Webb and Frederic Meredith received 60 acres each. -
Brisbane is founded
Brisbane is founded -
Western Australia
Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. -
New Zealand
New Zealand is proclaimed. -
Federation
Australia is proclaimed a nation which the Queen of Britain has established us as a federation. -
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The Stolen Generation
The removal of indigenous children, by which mixed-race children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent were removed from their families by Australian Federal and State government agencies and church missions.