Invasions/settlements like the European settlement in Australia?
The history of Australia from 1788-1850 covers the early colonies period of Australia’s history, from the first British settlement and penal colony at Port Jackson in 1788 to the establishment of other colonies and the spread of settlers. Australia’s first group of European migrants arrived in January 1788. They came on a fleet consisting of two warships, three supply ships and six ships which carried the main group, almost 800 convicts. Governor Arthur Phillip was in command. When the fleet reached the planned destination of Botany Bay, Governor Phillip was disappointed to find that it was not suitable for settlement. So the fleet continued a few kilometers up the coast to an inlet Cook had named Port Jackson. Here Phillip found what he described as ‘the finest harbour in the world’. On its shore, at a place he named Sydney Cove, Phillip established the first European settlement in Australia. The main reason for a British settlement in Australia was to provide a place of punishment wh
