Emily's Australian Colonisation Timeline

By emilroy

  • Captain Cook

    Captain Cook was the first European to make contact with the eastern coast line of Australia .

  • The first Fleet

    The first fleet consisted 11 ships that travelled from England to Bontany Bay

  • The British Settlement

    After 252 days at sea the first fleet anchor pulled up on Bontany bay and this date was 26 1788 Australia Day

  • The First people

    The aboriginal and the tires straight islanders were the first to inhabit Australia