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The First Fleet Landing
First Fleet landed in 1788, and there where two colonies called New South Whales and New Holland -
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The Development of Colonies
A timeline of the development of colonies -
Van Diemen’s Land
some of the convicts that committed terrible crimes where sent to Van Diemen’s Land -
British settlement
A British settlement of free settlers was established on the Swan River -
South Australia
South Australia was established as a free colony in 1836. -
North Australia
European settlement had slowly been expanding to coastal parts of northern
Australia from the 1820s. -
New South Wales
New South Wales had been settled by
escaped convicts, whalers and sealers from the 1790s. -
Queensland
Queensland started with a convict settlement at Moreton Bay, Queensland was created by continuing the eastern Australian Border
