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king george
in the 1770s his magesty king george the third took possession of the whole eastern coast by the name of new south wales -
British Government
In August 1786 the british government decided to start a convict settlement in New South Wales. This also allowed England to claim Australia because they wanted to stop Fance or Spain from taking over -
first fleet portsmuth
the frist fleet said from portsmouth england. there were 11 ships in the first fleet. there were two navel ships, 6 convict ships and and 3 storeships for supplies. captin arthur phillp was in charge. -
in the middle of the Idian ocean
on the 25th of May 1787 the first fleet were in the middle of the Idian Ocean -
arriving in tererife
the first fleet arrived in tenerife ,canary islands. they stayed a week and took on freash supplies. -
crossing the equtor
on the 5th of July 1787 the first fleet crossed the equtor. -
when did the first fleet arrived to Bortany bay
in the first fleet of 11 ships each one no larger then a manly ferry left Portsmouth in 1788. most were british there were also Afircan, american and french convits. after a voyge of the months the first fleet arrived at bortany bay on the 24th of January 1788. -
port jackson
in 1788 the first fleet went ashore at port jackson to start a setlment. Arthur Philip changed port jackson's name to sydney cove after Lord Sydney. he was a offical that orgieniser that made the voyge possible. -
land given to convicts to farm
the first convict given farm land to farm at rose hill , now known as parranatta -
contact and colonisation
in the winter of 1791,the process of british colonisation of Western Australia begain when George Vancouver claimed the albany region in the name of king George the 3rd. -
free convicts
convicts were the majority of colony population. a lot of free convicts were given positions of responsibility. -
gold rush Australia
goverment surveyor James mcbrien Descorvers traces of gold in the fish river,East of Bathurst. -
colony of western Australia
colony of western Australia established at Perth by Captain James stirling -
land ownership by indigenous people
the qestion of land ownership by indigenous people was not dealt with by the coloniesers until the mid 1830s -
vandams land
Vandams land was officially changed to Tasmaina on the 01/01/1856 -
Queensland separated from NSW
Queensland was seperated from NSW on the 6th of june 1858. -
law and land in new south whales
from 1788 until 1823 th colony of New south whales was a penal colony. this meant that there were mainly convits, marines and the wise of the mariens although free setterlers started to arrive in 1793. -
Ned Kelly
Australia outlaw Ned Kelly (1855-1880) was leader of the Kelly gang, notorious fof robbberis and poli8ce shootings in the 19th cetnury.Ned Kelly shot a police man who was trying to arrest his brother in 1877. -
bushrangers
bushrangers lived off the land by being suported by staeling from free setterlers -was either chosen as a preferd way of life by eascaped convicts -
convits transported to Vandamns land
conits were trasported to vandams land from Sydney in the latter years from 1841 to 1847 from Melbourne.
