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British Colonies in Australia
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Early Settlement New South Wales
Captain Arthur Phillip arrived in Botany Bay with the First Fleet. -
Why New South Wales was established
In England, the jails had become over crowded. They needed to put the convicts somewhere else. The British had just lost the War of Independence in America, so the British couldn't transport the convicts there. The British Government decided to transport the convicts to the unknown land called New South Wales. -
Early Settlement South Australia
Between 1800 - 1830, different people spent time on Kangaroo Island -
Why South Australia was established
The British Government chose the site of Adelaide on the well watered plains to have a colony which they called the South Australian Colony. Close to the inlet sea was Port Adelaid. Influenced by reporters by ealier visitors, the South Australian Colony settled on Kangaroo Island. -
Early settlement of Victoria
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why Victoria was established
New South Wales' population was growing alot and soon the colonies needed to move some of the free settlers to a new settlement. -
Early Settlement of Tasmania
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Why Tasmania was established
Van Dieman's land was a place where The British transported the convicts from the over crouded prisons in England. -
Proclamation date of New South Wales
First Governor of New South Wales - Captain Arthur Phillip -
Early Settlement of Queensland
European settlement of Queensland began in 1824 when Lieutenant Henry Miller, commanding a detachment of the 40th Regiment of Foot, founded a convict outpost at Redcliffe. -
Why Queensland was established?
Europeans settled in Queensland when Brisbane was selected as a penal settlement for the more difficult convics. -
Proclamation date of Tasmania
First Governor - George Arther -
Early settlement of Western Australia
The British govourment wanted to establish a colony for free settlers. The swan river colony started to struggle, so settlers began to move to the eastern colonys. The Bitish Govourment transported convicts to develop the western colony. -
Proclaimation date Western Australia
First governor - James Stirling -
Why Western Australia was established?
The British Government wanted a colony for free settlers in Australia. They established the colony in Western Australia. The colony began to struggle. People then began to move from the Western Australian colony to the Eastern colony in New South Wales. The Bitish Government sent convics to develop the Western Australian colony. -
proclamation date South Australia
First Governor - Captain John Hindmash -
Proclaimation of Victoria
First governor - Charles La Trobe -
Proclamation of Queensland
First governor - George Bowen -
References
www.qld.gov.au/about-queensland/history/#seletionsettlement www.fremantleprison.com.au/history/swanrivercolonypre1850/pages/default.aspx www.govhouse.tas.gov.au www.australianresearch.inf/botany-bay-as-apenal-colony/ MOLONY, J. The Penguin Bicentennial History of Australia, Penguin Books Australia Limited 1987 adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bennelong-1769 -
Reflection on the British Colonies
Learning about the British Colonies is alot of fun because you get to know about what Australia looked like and how the colonies survived and how the colonies developed Australia. The most inportant thing about learning the History of Australia, is how they comunacated with the Aboriginal tribes. The British had disrespected the Abouriginal tribes and treated them like they were animals. But now we respect them and we care for what they do. -
Fact from colonial times
An aboriganal nattive named Bennelong, was captured in 1789 ordered by Govonor Philip so he could learn the language and how to survive in the land. Bennelong soon became a friend of Govonour Philip and soon Bennelong learnt how to speak English. But in May, Bennelong escaped and was never seen in a long time until in September, his tribe had been seen. Bennelong injured Philip with a spear which mean respect but was misunderstood and was never seen again. Bennalong died in 3rd of January 1803.
