Western Australia

  • First Dutch landing

    Dutchman-Dirk Hartog .He left a plate on the Island.
  • Naming the Swan river

    De Vlamingh named the swan river after seeing the black swans
  • French Claim

    St.Allouram claimed Dirk Hartog for French
  • British claim

    George Vancouver formally claimed King George sound on the south coast of Western Australia
  • French Naming

    French captains named many places.Mathew flinders met Nicholas Baudin at Encounter Bay
  • Earlier British convicts arrival

    Major Lockyer took troops and convicts to establish military outpost at Albany.He claimed this area for Britain
  • Birth of Perth

    First free settlers arrived. Stirling named it Perth to honour Sir George Murray from Perthshire in Scottland
  • Farmers from York

    They requested convicts to help and develop country by erecting public buildings.Britain agreed to send Convicts
  • Last convicts arrival

    convicts arrived till this time ,they changed western Australia economy,society and politics