These were the convicts, and the officers sent to guard them.
The British used Australia as a penal colony so the first settlers there were prisoners.
The first Europeans to colonize India were the Portuguese at Goa, followed by the Dutch, French, and finally, the British.
The first British man to come to Australia was William Dampier, who first landed on Western Australia's coast on 4 January 1688.Many people believe James Cook was the first Englishman to come to Australia. He was not.
The people of the first settlements were British, so that is why we speak English today and most of the people living in Australia are Christian.
The British colonised parts of South Africa in the 1860's and 1870's.
It is quite possible that the French would have carried through with their claims to Australian territory, and most people would now be speaking French in Australia.
Immigrants from Great Britain, who started arriving in the 1790s.
the first british settlers in australia were exiled convicts
The first large influx of people who were not of British stock arrived in Australia from 1851 onwards, due to the Australian gold rush.
The people who were to build the government were convicts.
The first British colonists in Australia were convicts who had been transposed from England for various crimes, along with the marines to guard them, and the officers who were in charge of administrating and developing the new colony.
This is up to debate, but based on history it was first discovered by the Spanish but the first to colonize was the British.
The first British colonists in Australia were convicts who had been transposed from England for various crimes, along with the marines to guard them, and the officers who were in charge of administrating and developing the new colony.