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∙ 13y agoSydney Cove in Port Jackson. botany Bay had been selected, but when the First Fleet arrived, they found Port Jackson, one of the finest natural harbours in the world (missed by Capt Cook) just to the north. Port Jackson had permanent water, unlike Botany Bay.
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∙ 9y agoThe first convict settlement in Australia was called Sydney Town, but this was soon shortened to Sydney. It was settled with the arrival and disembarking of the First Fleet on 26 January 1788.
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∙ 14y agoSydney, capital of New South Wales, was the site of Australia's first European settlement.
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∙ 13y agoThe first colony was established in Australia on 26 January 1788.
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∙ 15y agoThe first European settlement began at Port Jackson, in New South Wales, on January 26, 1788.
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Who was the explorer that had the first French settlement in South Carolina and what was the name of the settlement?
Who was the explorer that had the first French settlement in South Carolina and what was the name of the settlement?
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Australia is an Urban Settlement.
What was the first Australian animal to be extinct?
it is not known which was the first Australian animal to be extinct, but it was quite likely the Marsupial Lion, which lived thousands of years before European settlement.
This is the name of the first premanent English settlement?
The first permanent English settlement in the colonies was Jamestown(e).
This new prisoner settlement eventually became what australian city?
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yes
What was the name of Winthrop's first settlement?
Boston
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What would the conversion of Australian pound to Australian dollar in early settlement?
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What was the name of the viking's first settlement in Canada?
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Name the first spanish settlement in South Carolina?
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Which parts of NSW did convicts live in when they first arrived?
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