The first settlement in Australia was Sydney Town, which is now just known as Sydney. It was established at Port Jackson, with the arrival of the first eleven convict ships from England, known as the First Fleet.
English explorer James Cook named the eastern coast "New South Wales", the name by which Britain first knew Australia. The Dutch had named the western half "New Holland".
The first European settlers in Australia were primarily convicts from England, together with the officers and the marines who guarded them.
Australia was once a colony of Great Britain.
Yes. As a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations, Australia was bound to join the war when Britain did and on Britain's side.
Great Britain (of which England was a part)
26 January was originally referred to as First Landing Day or Foundation Day.
There is no queen of Australia. The Queen who you might call Australia's Queen is more of Britain's queen. So, I reckon it was spent in Britain, unnoticed.
Great Britain first "controlled" Australia. Great Britain made the first official claim to the continent, and it also established the first permanent settlement.
The first organised selement of Australia by Europeans Came From Britain.
Britain, USA, Australia.
Australia
The First Fleet arrived in Australia on 26 January 1788.
Australia was one of Britain's colonies. The first white people to settle in Astralia were British convicts in 1788 or so.
Usually the enemies of first Great Britain, then of the US.
First the Portuguese, then the Dutch, the Great Britain.
The very first European settlers in Australia (not including the Aborigines who were the first inhabitants) were a mix of convicts, officers and marines, and free settlers, all of whom came from Britain.
The first people sent to colonise Australia were convicts and the officers and marines sent to supervise them.
was from Virginia and was among the first in the Continental Congress to call for the complete independence from Great Britain.