Australia
The Land Down Under
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06-May-1788
HMS Supply's Turtle Hunting Expedition Ends in Failure
26-Apr-1788
Exploring Party Names Blue Mountains
Mar-1788
First Government Conservation Order: No Tree Cutting near Sydney Cove Stream.
10-Mar-1788
French ships wrecked near Solomon Islands.
06-Mar-1788
British Lt. King Claims Norfolk Island
02-Mar-1788
Exploring Broken Bay
29-Feb-1788
James Freeman: Pardoned Thief turned Executioner
27-Feb-1788
First Execution: Thomas Barratt hanged for stealing in stores.
17-Feb-1788
First Holy Communion in the colony, island named after Lord Howe.
14-Feb-1788
Lt. Philip Gidley King's Settlement Mission on Norfolk Island
11-Feb-1788
Sentences at First Criminal Court: 150 lashes for assault, imprisonment for bread theft.
07-Feb-1788
Inauguration of Governor Phillip and Courts at Sydney Cove.
06-Feb-1788
Convict Women Land Amid Storm
03-Feb-1788
Rev. Richard Johnson's first religious service 'on the grass'.
28-Jan-1788
Marines' Families and Livestock Land from Prince of Wales
27-Jan-1788
First Settlers Clearing Sydney Cove
26-Jan-1788
Sydney Cove Proclamation: Birth of Australia Day
25-Jan-1788
Captain Phillip Reaches Sydney Cove at Dusk
24-Jan-1788
French Ships Boussole and Astrolabe at Botany Bay
21-Jan-1788
Exploring New Settlement Site: Sydney Cove Discovery
20-Jan-1788
Seven ships, including HMS Sirius, arrive at Botany Bay.
19-Jan-1788
Arrival of Transports at Botany Bay\n
18-Jan-1788
Exploration and Interaction in Botany Bay
03-Jan-1788
Captain Arthur Phillip's First Fleet sights Van Diemen's Land coast.
13-May-1787
First Fleet departs for European colonisation.
1769
English Lieutenant James Cook's expedition in HMS Endeavour charted the eastern coast, and claimed it for the British Crown. Australia was dubbed "terra nullius".
1700
Indonesian Makassar People's Visits to Northern Australia's Coast
29-Dec-1695
Dutch Explorer Charts Southwest Coast, Lands at Rottnest Island
1688
Exploration of Australia's West Coast by William Dampier
1681
Explorer John Daniel mapped western coast and Rottnest Island.
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