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Australia was one of Britain's colonies. The first white people to settle in Astralia were British convicts in 1788 or so.
The British settled in Sydney from the arrival of the First Fleet, on 26 January 1788.
The British decided to settle in Australia in order to establish a penal colony and relieve overcrowding in British prisons. Additionally, the British saw an opportunity to expand their empire through colonization and trade in the region.
Governor Arthur Phillip led the First Fleet to Australia, establishing the first British colony in the land.
Australia was colonised by the British. The British government sent a fleet of convicts and officers to colonise the land that Captain James Cook had named and claimed as "New South Wales".
Australia itself was not recognised as a source of flax and pine, but nearby Norfolk Island was. This was indeed one of the factors in the British authorities deciding to colonise Australia.
Indians had to be removed because they wouldn't have allowed the french or Britain settle there and take their land which the British needed to settle and to start a new colonial
Australians speak English because the first Europeans to settle the continent were the British.
Although the Portuguese are believed to be the first Europeans to discover Australia, they did not settle any part of it or live here prior to Britain colonising the continent.
Great Britain first claimed georgia in1663, but it was not until 1717 that the British made plans to settle there.
They started to settle in Australia after the Vietnam war in 1975
The first people from Britain settled in Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour. They originally planned to settle in Botany Bay, but the harbour there was not sheltered enough, there was indufficient fresh water and timber suitable for building, and soil quality was poor.