England because they were sent as criminals
The first settlers arrived in Australia during Australia's mid-Summer.
Australia's first European settlers arrived in Australia on 26 January 1788. These early seetlers were primarily convicts from England, together with the officers and marines sent with them to help keep order and establish the new colony.
The first settlers in Australia usually came from an English background.
The very first European settlers in Australia (not including the Aborigines who were the first inhabitants) were a mix of convicts, officers and marines, and free settlers, all of whom came from Britain.
The first European settlers to arrive in Australia were convicts from England, guarded by a large number of marines and officers.
The first European settlers in Australia (specifically New South Wales) were convicts, officers and marines. The convicts were literally the ones who built Australia.
they arrived at 1793 in Australia
The first people sent to colonise Australia were convicts and the officers and marines sent to supervise them.
All of the states in Australia are first settled by English settlers in one form or another - either as convicts, military or free settlers. New South Wales was the first state to be settled.
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The first colonists were the British convicts, officers and marines, some of whom had wives and children, thereby making up the small component of free settlers.
The British put their prisoners there.