The British first settled in the Jamestown Colony. I am pretty sure.
Port Jackson served as a penal colony from its establishment in 1788 until the cessation of transportation of convicts in 1840. Initially, it was the site of the first British settlement in Australia, with convicts arriving to serve their sentences. Although the transportation of convicts officially ended in 1840, the area continued to develop and evolve into a free settlement thereafter.
Botany bay was established, by British imperialism for criminals in English Courts sentenced to transportation, as a prison colony in Australia.Correction:Botany Bay was supposed to be established as the first penal colony in New South Wales, but it was never established for this purpose. The site proved unsuitable for settlement in colonial times.
Jamestown on the bank of the James River.
Britain did not choose Moreton Bay. The Moreton Bay penal colony was established 36 years after the first convicts arrived in Australia. The site was discovered by John Oxley in 1823 when he was sent north by Governor Thomas Brisbane in search of a potential new site for a convict settlement.
The first and primary penal colony in Australia was the settlement now known as the city of Sydney.
British criminal classes. Sydney was the site of Australia's first settlement, but while it was clearly established as a convict colony, there were also numerous free settlers in the First Fleet.
Australia was originally established as a convict colony. Prisoners from Britain were sent to New South Wales, the site of the first European settlement in Australia, in 1788.
The British first settled in the Jamestown Colony. I am pretty sure.
Botany Bay's first name was "Stingray Harbour." The name was later changed to Botany Bay by Captain James Cook in 1770, due to the abundance of plant life he observed in the area. The bay is located in New South Wales, Australia, and is historically significant as the site of the first British colony in Australia.
Captain Arthur Philip was the first governor of the colony of New South Wales, the site of the first European settlement in Australia.
Sydney Harbour was the site of Australia's first European settlement.
Albany, on the southwest coast of Western Australia, was the site of the first British settlement in Western Australia. It was established by Edmund Lockyer, who led an expedition to formally claim Western Australia for Britain after it had been claimed as British possession in 1791, by George Vancouver. He established a military base at King Georges Sound which originally bore the name of Frederick's Town: it was later renamed Albany.
Port Jackson served as a penal colony from its establishment in 1788 until the cessation of transportation of convicts in 1840. Initially, it was the site of the first British settlement in Australia, with convicts arriving to serve their sentences. Although the transportation of convicts officially ended in 1840, the area continued to develop and evolve into a free settlement thereafter.
The first Europeans to settle in Australia landed at Port Jackson (the present site of Sydney) on the 26th of January 1788. This settlement started of as a penal colony.
The first colony officially established by the British was Sydney, at Port Jackson, in 1788. However, in 1770, when James Cook's ship, HM Bark Endeavour, was damaged on the Great Barrier Reef, Cook and his scientists and crew set up camp for about 5 weeks near the site of today's Cooktown, where the Endeavour River has its mouth.
This is a transposition of the proper noun "Botany Bay" (location in Australia, noted historically as the site of a penal colony).