Digital Timeline

  • Period: to

    dates

  • 1st Europeans

    1st Europeans
    First Europeans to sail to Australia were the Dutch (Netherlands)
  • Captin James Cook

    Captin James Cook
    Captin James Cook sailed around Australia
  • British ships

    British ships
    British ships called the “First Fleet” left England with convicts to establish a prison colony
  • British Prisoners

    British Prisoners
    British prisoners settled in Australia
  • 1788-1832

    1788-1832
    1788 to 1832: New South Wales was officially a penal (prison) colony consisting mainly of convicts, marines (guards), and the marines’ families
  • Remnants

    Remnants
    remnants of the tribes in the settled areas were moved onto Reserves
  • 1833-1850

    From 1833, until the 1850s, it was the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals, those who were secondary offenders having re-offended after their arrival in Australia.
  • government

    government
    government officials created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today
  • Commonwealth

    Commonwealth
    the Commonwealth of Australia was established.
  • federal government

    federal government
    federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines