TIMELINE

England passes the Hulk Act to house

convicts in old ships.
The First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay.
America wins the War of Independence and
stops receiving convicts from England.
Captain Arthur Phillip is chosen as leader and
governor of the new colony.
The First Fleet leaves Portsmouth, England.
Captain Cook claims the East Coast of
Australia, called New Holland.
The English government starts sending
convicts to America.
First food rationing takes place in the colony.
The First Fleet arrives at Sydney Cove.
January 26 will later be celebrated as
Australia Day
George III becomes king of England.
The First Fleet Arrives in Rio de Janeiro, South
America.

King George III announces that a new colony

will be established in Botany Bay.
King George decides to set up a penal colony
in New South Wales.
The First Fleet arrives at Cape of Good Hope,
Africa.
Lieutenant Phillip Gidley King is sent to settle
Norfolk Island.
The First Fleet arrives in Tenerife, Spain.

Timeline- Correct order

The English government starts sending
convicts to America.
- George III becomes king of England.
- Captain Cook claims the East Coast of
Australia, called New Holland.
- America wins the War of Independence
and stops receiving convicts from
England.
- England passes the Hulk Act to house
convicts in old ships.
- King George decides to set up a penal
colony in New South Wales.
- King George III announces that a new
colony will be established in Botany Bay.
- Captain Arthur Phillip is chosen as
leader and governor of the new colony.
- The First Fleet leaves Portsmouth,
England.
- The First Fleet arrives in Tenerife, Spain.
- The First Fleet Arrives in Rio de Janeiro,
South America.
- The First Fleet arrives at Cape of Good
Hope, Africa.
- The First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay.
- The First Fleet arrives at Sydney Cove.
January 26 will later be celebrated as
Australia Day.

- Lieutenant Phillip Gidley King is sent to

settle Norfolk Island.
- First food rationing takes place in the
colony.