he did encounter the first nations
American Indians (First Nations).
Convicts first arrived in Australia in January 1788.
New Zealand and Australia are both nations in their own right, and do not contain any other nations within them. When James Cook first came into contact with New Zealand and Australia in 1769 and 1770 respectively, New Zealand was inhabited by Maori, and Australia by the indigenous Aborigines. They were not, of course, nations back then.
The First Fleet arrived in Australia on 26 January 1788.
1901 first of January
Its because it is a tradition. England and Australia are the first two cricket-playing nations.
Cattle were first introduced with the First Fleet in January 1788.
26th January 1788 first fleet of convicts arrived in Australia...it is an Anniversary of our ancestors arriving in the country
Australia's federation occurred on 1 January 1901.Prior to 1901, Australia was made up of six self-governing colonies; New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania. On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies was achieved and the Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed. Australia's first Governor-General, John Hope, made the proclamation at Centennial Park in Sydney. Australia's first Prime Minister was Edmund Barton.
The first official settlers or "immigrants" to Australia arrive in Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788.
The First General Assembly of the United Nations met on January 10th 1946. -------------------------