History of Australia
- first ensured discovery of Australia in 1606 by the Dutsh
Willem Jansz
- in 1770 Captain James Cook arrived at coast of
Australia and claimed the land as the „British Colony of
New South Wales“ for the British Empire
- reason why the Britains wanted to build up new
colonies was because Britain‘s prisons were
overcrowded
- first British settlers arrived in 1788 at Port Jackson
- most of them from London
- The settlement was named “Sydney“ (name was
 given by Viscount Sydney, the highest colonial official
 of Australia