The first region of Australia to be colonised was Port Jackson, where the settlement of Sydney was established with arrival of the First Fleet in 1788.
Australia was colonised by Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet of convicts he led out from England.
The British colonised the east coast of Austalia and Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, one of Australia's states).
Captain Arthur Phillip was the one who colonised Australia, as he commanded the First Fleet of convicts.
Australia was colonised with the arrival of the First Fleet from Britain, on 26 January 1788.The convicts and officers of the First Fleet arrived at the location they were meant to settle, Botany Bay, on 18 January 1788. However, due to the bay not being as promising as they had been led to believe, they travelled north 8 km and settled in Port Jackson, arriving there and raising the British flag on 26 January 1788. This is the official start of the colonisation of Australia.
Australia did not acquire its independence from the US. The US has never had any claim to any part of Australia. Both countries were initially colonised by Britain, and each, in turn, acquired its independence from Britain.
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 was colonised by the British. In the years following colonisation, immigrants came from other parts of the world.
The first part of Australia to be colonised was Port Jackson.
No. Captain James Cook died nine years before Australia was colonised.
New South Wales was the first state to be colonised. When James Cook became the first European explorer to land on the east coast of Australia, he claimed the entire eastern half of the continent for England, calling it New South Wales.
The first European settlers in Australia were primarily convicts from England, together with the officers and the marines who guarded them.
Captain Arthur Phillip was the one who colonised Australia, as he commanded the First Fleet of convicts.
We have Australia now because it was colonised by the British in 1788.
The First Fleet landed at Sydney Cove on the 26th of January, 1788.
Australia was originally colonised by Great Britain.
It was colonised first by the Ottoman's and then by the British.
The very first English explorer to Australia, William Dampier, arrived in the far northwest of Australia. When James Cook arrived some 80 years later, he visited and charted the eastern coast. The British first colonised the area around where Sydney now stands - Port Jackson.
Australia was colonised with the arrival of the First Fleet from Britain, on 26 January 1788.The convicts and officers of the First Fleet arrived at the location they were meant to settle, Botany Bay, on 18 January 1788. However, due to the bay not being as promising as they had been led to believe, they travelled north 8 km and settled in Port Jackson, arriving there and raising the British flag on 26 January 1788. This is the official start of the colonisation of Australia.
Australia did not acquire its independence from the US. The US has never had any claim to any part of Australia. Both countries were initially colonised by Britain, and each, in turn, acquired its independence from Britain.