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James Cook was neither the first person to discover nor settle Australia.
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in the coastal areas of the Northeast region
The Aboriginal People first settle Australia.
The 1623 colonists at Rye under David Thompson.
The first Italian to arrive and settle in Australia was convict Giuseppe Tuzo, who arrived with the First Fleet in 1788.
free British colonists attracted by the climate and terrain
Penrith, New South Wales
Around Sydney Harbour.
Governor Arthur Phillip led the First Fleet to Australia, establishing the first British colony in the land.
The First Fleet represents the official beginning of white settlement in Australia. It was the first group of European colonists to settle in New South Wales, Australia, and refers to the first fleet of eleven ships which arrived in Australia in January 1788, carrying convicts, officers, marines and their families. Led by Captain Arthur Phillip, they arrived at Port Jackson, now known as Sydney, New South Wales, to establish a colony.