The First Fleet brought the first official white settlers to Australia on 26 January 1788. These were the convicts, officers and marines, and their families. However, indications are that white settlers arrived long before this. The western coast of Australia is littered with wrecks of early Dutch ships, and there is evidence that survivors of these shipwrecks established settlements on Australia's western coast.
The First Fleet arrived in Australia on 26 January 1788. In 1829, Captain Charles Fremantle was sent to take formal possession of the remainder of New Holland which had not already been claimed for Britain under the territory of New South Wales. In May of that year, Captain Fremantle raised the Union Jack on the south head of the Swan River, thus claiming the territory for Britain. The colony of Western Australia was proclaimed on 8 June 1829, and two months later, Perth was also founded.
The discovery of gold in the 1850s significantly attracted more white settlers to Australia, leading to a gold rush that promised wealth and opportunity. Additionally, the expansion of agriculture and the establishment of new colonies drew settlers seeking land and employment. Improved transportation and communication also made it easier for migrants to reach Australia, further increasing the influx of white settlers during this period.
The indigenous people of Australia, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, were the first to inhabit Australia. Whilst it is unknown when they first arrived, estimates vary between 6,000 and 40,000 years.
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The first white people to "immigrate" to Australia could be said to be the convicts and officers of the First Fleet, together with a handful of free settlers.
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North America had white settlers long before Australia did. One of the reasons Australia was settled was because the Americans refused to accept any more convicts from England.
White settlement in Australia commenced in 1788, with the arrival of the First Fleet.
The original white population was entirely British, being made up of British convicts, officers and marines, with a few free settlers in the mix.Soon after colonisation, people from other European and former European colonies began to arrive, as well as people who had tried their luck (and failed) in America.
Hostility between white settlers and Native Americans deepened.