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European Exploration: Dutch
The first European to sail to Australia were the Dutch, or the Netherlands, in 1606, but they did not settle there -
European Exploration: British
Captain James Cook sailed around Australia. Cook named the area New South Wales. He ignored the Aborigines living there and calimed land England. -
European Exploration: Dutch
The Dutch made one landing, were attacked by Aborigines, and then abandoned further exploraion. -
Prisioners as Colonists
Australia seemed like a good choice; no chance of escape, no colonies around it, and very few indigenous people lived there. -
New South Wales
New South Wales was offically a penal colony consisting mainly of convicts, marines, and marines' families. -
Port Arthur, Tasmania
From 1883 until the 1850s, it was the destination for the hardest of convicted Brithish and Irsih criminals. -
New South Wales
British transported prisoners to Australia until 1868. -
New South Wales
Many free immigrants were setteling in Australia. -
Prisioners as Colonists
American Revolution forced the British to stop sending prisioners to Georgia. He used him as a penal colony.
