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16 March - The Australian Subscription Library, the forerunner of the State Library of New South Wales, is founded; it opens, 1 December 1827. [1]25 December - Major Edmund Lockyer arrives at King George Sound to take possession of the western part of the continent, establishing a settlement near Albany.
The history of Australia is the history of the land and peoples ... 30 settlers and 121 Aboriginal people died in violent conflict in Western Australia between 1826 ...
The history of Australia from 1788 to 1850 covers the early British colonial period of Australia's history. This started with the arrival in 1788 of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson on the lands of the Eora, and the establishment of the penal colony of New South Wales as part of the British Empire.
The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the last glacial period. [1] [2] Arriving by sea, they settled the continent and had formed approximately 250 distinct language groups by the time of European settlement, maintaining some of the longest known continuing artistic and religious traditions in the world.
[23] [25] This is the date Queen Victoria revoked the letters patent establishing North Australia, but it was not proclaimed in Australia until 16 January 1849. 1 July 1851 The portion of New South Wales south of the Murray River and a line from the headwaters of the river to Cape Howe was made the Colony of Victoria. [26] 1 January 1856
Although a convict-supported settlement was established in Western Australia from 1826 to 1831, direct transportation of convicts did not begin until 1850. It continued until 1868. During that period, 9,668 convicts were transported on 43 convict ships .
Bremer claims the north coast of Australia from 129° to 135° longitude as British territory. [3] On 21 October Bremer's party establishes a settlement at Fort Dundas on Melville Island. [3] 28 September – John Oxley recommends a new settlement be founded at Brisbane after finding Moreton Bay unsuitable. [4] [5]
The Bank of Australia was a failed financial institution of early colonial New South Wales. It was formed in 1826 and collapsed in 1843. It was formed in 1826 and collapsed in 1843. Founding