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1788

HMS Supply's Turtle Hunting Expedition Ends in Failure

06 May 1788

Exploring Party Names Blue Mountains

26 Apr 1788

First Government Conservation Order: No Tree Cutting near Sydney Cove Stream.

Mar 1788

French ships wrecked near Solomon Islands.

10 Mar 1788

British Lt. King Claims Norfolk Island

06 Mar 1788

Exploring Broken Bay

02 Mar 1788

Exploring Broken Bay

James Freeman: Pardoned Thief turned Executioner

29 Feb 1788

First Execution: Thomas Barratt hanged for stealing in stores.

27 Feb 1788

First Holy Communion in the colony, island named after Lord Howe.

17 Feb 1788

First Holy Communion in the colony, island named after Lord Howe.

Lt. Philip Gidley King's Settlement Mission on Norfolk Island

14 Feb 1788

Sentences at First Criminal Court: 150 lashes for assault, imprisonment for bread theft.

11 Feb 1788

Inauguration of Governor Phillip and Courts at Sydney Cove.

07 Feb 1788

Convict Women Land Amid Storm

06 Feb 1788

Rev. Richard Johnson's first religious service 'on the grass'.

03 Feb 1788

Rev. Richard Johnson's first religious service 'on the grass'.

Marines' Families and Livestock Land from Prince of Wales

28 Jan 1788

First Settlers Clearing Sydney Cove

27 Jan 1788

Sydney Cove Proclamation: Birth of Australia Day

26 Jan 1788

Sydney Cove Proclamation: Birth of Australia Day

Captain Phillip Reaches Sydney Cove at Dusk

25 Jan 1788

French Ships Boussole and Astrolabe at Botany Bay

24 Jan 1788

Exploring New Settlement Site: Sydney Cove Discovery

21 Jan 1788

Seven ships, including HMS Sirius, arrive at Botany Bay.

20 Jan 1788

Arrival of Transports at Botany Bay\n

19 Jan 1788

Exploration and Interaction in Botany Bay

18 Jan 1788

Captain Arthur Phillip's First Fleet sights Van Diemen's Land coast.

03 Jan 1788

1787

First Fleet departs for European colonisation.

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".

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

1700

Indonesian Makassar People's Visits to Northern Australia's Coast

1695

Dutch Explorer Charts Southwest Coast, Lands at Rottnest Island

29 Dec 1695

Dutch Explorer Charts Southwest Coast, Lands at Rottnest Island

1688

Exploration of Australia's West Coast by William Dampier

1688

Exploration of Australia's West Coast by William Dampier

1681

Explorer John Daniel mapped western coast and Rottnest Island.

1681

Explorer John Daniel mapped western coast and Rottnest Island.