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First fleet arrival
In 1788, when the first fleet arrived they split the country into 2 parts such as New Holland and New South Wales. -
Second change
In 1825, New South Wales grew bigger and the English then colonised Van Dieman's land so that the French could not get power over Van Dieman's land. -
Third change
In 1831, the British changed the name from New Holland to Western Australia and were sending free settlers to that area and there were no convicts in Western Australia. -
Forth change
In 1836, South Australia was discovered and Western Australia started to get convicted in that area and then South Australia then became a free settler area. -
Fifth change
In 1847, half of New South Wales was taken over and North Australia got added and was another area for both free settlement and convicted area. -
Sixth change
In 1851, North Australia got taken out of Australia and Victoria got added and the way they named Victoria is because of Queen Victoria.