What were the first Europeans in Australia called?

Answer 1

The people who were to build the settlement were convicts. Generally they were not good workers and very few of them had any knowledge of farming or carpentry - the two skills most needed in the new colony.

Unlike Aborigines, who lived well off the land, the new settlers did not understand the Australian environment. Nor, in the early years, did they have much success in finding fertile land or growing enough food to feed the whole settlement.

Answer 2

No Australia has had a population of its own for many thousands of years before European, Indonesians or the Chinese ever set foot on it. The first European settlers were the British using prisoners as a workforce. they were however met by indigenous Australian's.

Answer 3

No. Indigenous Australians (Aborigines) lived on the Australian continent for thousands of years before Europeans came.

The Macassan traders from Asia were also known to marry aboriginal women.

Answer 4

The earliest settlers in Australia were the convicts who came from England. They were accompanied and guarded by marines and officers. There were also some wives and children of the officers.

Answer 5

The first Europeans in Australia were convicts, guarded by marines.