History of Australia

By Jfliehs
  • European exploration dutch

    First Europeans to sail to Australia were the
    Dutch (Netherlands) in 1606, but they didn’t
    settle there
  • European exploration british

    European exploration british
    Captain James Cook sailed around
    Australia
    Cook named the area New South Wales
    Ignored the Aborigines living there & claimed
    the land for England
  • First Fleet

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

    Prisoners
    British
    prisoners settled in
    Australia
  • New South Wales

    New South Wales
    New South Wales was officially a
    penal (prison) colony consisting mainly of
    convicts, marines (guards), and the marines’
    families
  • Port Arthur,Tasmania

    Port Arthur,Tasmania
    New South Wales was officially a
    penal (prison) colony consisting mainly of
    convicts, marines (guards), and the marines’
    families
  • Commonwealth of Australia

    Commonwealth of Australia
    Non prisoner colonization continued…
    Major coastal settlements became 7
    independent colonies
  • Commonwealth of Australia

    Commonwealth of Australia
    the Commonwealth of Australia was established
  • Aborgines

    Aborgines
    Federal government began to pass legislation to help Aborigines
  • Australia Today

    Australia Today
    Australia Act all legal ties with British empire were severed