There were 11 ships and they docked in Port Jackson.
The first settlers arrived on 26 January 1788 at Sydney Cove. This is not only the date of the first settlement in Sydney, but also of the first white settlement anywhere in Australia. This is why Australians celebrate Australia Day on January 26.
The first permanent white settlement in Oregon was at Fort Astoria in 1811. The Mormons arrived in Utah in 1847, 36 years later.
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.
The first time ingenious people met British settlers was between 1586 and 1587. When Roanoke leader John White arrived to find just a single skeleton, he was forced to contend with a hostile native population who had obviously had negative interactions with the first settlers.
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.
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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 settlers arrived on 26 January 1788 at Sydney Cove. This is not only the date of the first settlement in Sydney, but also of the first white settlement anywhere in Australia. This is why Australians celebrate Australia Day on January 26.
The first Australian settlers are believed to have come from Southeast Asia around 50,000 years ago. These early settlers are thought to have made the journey by crossing land bridges that connected the two regions during the last Ice Age.
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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Utah was officially admitted as a state in 1896. The first permanent white settlers arrived in 1847.
Utah was officially admitted as a state in 1896. The first permanent white settlers arrived in 1847.
White settlement in Australia commenced in 1788, with the arrival of the First Fleet.
While exact numbers of aboriginal people in Australia at the time of European settlement are unknown, it is estimated there were anywhere between 350,000 and 1.5 million.
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.
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.