Origin+and+Nature+of+British+settlement+in+Australia

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**Key questions:**
 * Origin and Nature of British settlement in Australia **
 * __** When did Europeans discover Australia? ﻿ **__


 * The Eurpeans Royal Navy lieutenant James Cook discovered Australia in 1770. Between about 1606 and 1770 there was an estimate about 54 european ships entered australia. James Cook claimed the east cost under instruction from King George III of England.The Duylken was the first crew to chart the australian coast and meet with the Aboriginal people, the captain was a dutchmean, Willem Janszoon. Many of the ships were from the dutch east indies company. **



__**When did the British navigate Australia? Who was involved?**__ __**Why did the British want to settle Australia?**__
 * The french navigator Binot Poulmier de Gonneville navigated Australia in 1802-03. The Australian government gave them assisted passages to settle in Australia. **
 * Thy British wanted to settle in Australia because at the time they needed a place to send all their prisoners, because their prisons were full. They also were some free settlers. Along with the free settlers there were military **** ,personnel and administartors, often with their family. Most of the convict body were Irish, with least 25% from Ireland, others from via Britian. **


 * __**What was life like in the colony of New South Wales immediately after the arrival of the First Fleet?**__
 * The New South Wales was established when the First Fleet arrived, and it was a good life that consisted of at least over a thousand settlers. Captain Arthur Phillip controlling the first fleet had 11 ships and around 1,350 people. They Arrived at Botany Bay between the 18th and 20th in January of 1788. This land was unfortunately unsuitable for their settlement, and they then moved up north to Port Jackson on January 26th 1788. The young new colony relied on the development of Parramatta, farms, and also trading food with the local Aboriginal Clans. **
 * The New South Wales was established when the First Fleet arrived, and it was a good life that consisted of at least over a thousand settlers. Captain Arthur Phillip controlling the first fleet had 11 ships and around 1,350 people. They Arrived at Botany Bay between the 18th and 20th in January of 1788. This land was unfortunately unsuitable for their settlement, and they then moved up north to Port Jackson on January 26th 1788. The young new colony relied on the development of Parramatta, farms, and also trading food with the local Aboriginal Clans. **