Australia was colonised with the arrival of the First Fleet from Britain, on 26 January 1788.
The convicts and officers of the First Fleet arrived at the location they were meant to settle, botany Bay, on 18 January 1788. However, due to the bay not being as promising as they had been led to believe, they travelled north 8 km and settled in Port Jackson, arriving there and raising the British flag on 26 January 1788. This is the official start of the colonisation of Australia.
Australia was colonised by convicts from England. The choice was made to send convicts to Australia so that the English could establish a physical presence in the South Pacific - and also to alleviate the problem of severely overcrowded prisons in England.
The very first European settlers in Australia were the convicts, marines and officers of the First Fleet, a group of eleven ships which departed England in May 1787 and arrived in New South Wales in January 1788.
Yes. Australia was colonised by the British on 26 January 1788, with the arrival of the First Fleet.
Australia was colonised by the British in 1788.
On 26 January 1788, New South Wales was colonised when the First Fleet of British convicts and officers arrived in Port Jackson.
Captain Arthur Phillip was the one who colonised Australia, as he commanded the First Fleet of convicts.
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The first people sent to colonise Australia were convicts and the officers and marines sent to supervise them.
because they had already colonized Australia so they decided to colonize the country next to it.
Several European nations colonized America. Spain colonized Florida and parts of the Southwest. England colonized the East Coast and further inland. France colonized the Mississippi River area. The Netherlands colonized the area around New York, but were driven out by England. Russian colonized Alaska.
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Yes, in 1788.
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The aboriginals are indigenous people of Australia What did they do ? lived in Australia and then the British people came and colonized Australia.
great britain was the country that colonized australia
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No, originally, the United Kingdom (the British Empire, Britain, U.K., etc.) colonized Australia, thus the reason why the Australian flag features the U.K. flag on the upper left side.
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