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The first Australian settlers were the indigenous people known as the Aborigines, who were believed to have arrived from the Asian continental land mass thousands of years ago. The first white settlers were convicts and officers from England, who arrived on the First Fleet in 1788.
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Were the iberians the first inhabitants of Spain?
Yes. The Iberians were the first settlers of Hispania.
What was the difference between the colonization of New Zealand and Australia?
Whilst Britain colonised both countries, the essential difference is that Australia was a convict settlement from the first day, whereas New Zealand was populated by free settlers, mainly whalers, sealers, and missionaries. New Zealand became a British colony in 1840 with the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi: after this, many more free settlers from Britain arrived in New Zealand. The difference between this arrangement and that with Australia was that free settlers were free to come, along with the First Fleet (had they wanted to), and certainly after that. Whereas Britain recognised the rights of the Maori people, and saw the need to establish a treaty with them before they colonised the country, they did not recognise the rights of the Australian Aborigines, and settled the country regardless.
Are Polynesians from the Hawaiian islands?
people from marquesas - polynesian - were possibly amongst the first settlers in Hawaii
Why do many old Appalachian folktales have a king in them?
considering that many of these tales have English roots and were brought over by the first settlers, chances are any Appalachian tale with a king in it was originally an English folk tale.
What impact did colonization have on European settlers African slaves and native Americans?
caca
Were the first British settlers assisted by the Australian government to come to Australia?
No. At that time, there was no Australian government.
How did free settlers change Australian history?
maybe they decided to come , not were forced to come
What languages were spoken by the first Australian settlers?
English
What percentage of british settlers in Australia come from convicts?
Convicts formed a large percentage of the Australian population for the first few decades of settlement.
Where did the settlers that founded Massachustes come from?
where did the first settlers of massachustes come from
What was life like for the australian settlers?
It was a prison colony so most of the first settlers were british prisoners
Original settlers come from?
The first settlers in Romania are from paleolithic.
Where did its first settlers come from?
ugly
Where did the first settlers come from in France?
The first settlers from Pei came from France.
Where did Australian free settlers come from?
free settler came from all around the world but mostly England.
Who were the first settlers in Australia and where did they come?
The first people to settle in Australia were the Aborigines and they came from the Indian subcontinent. The first "official" European settlers in Australia were the group of convicts, officers and marines who came out from England on the First Fleet in 1788. However, there is strong evidence to suggest that the first European settlers in Australia were Dutch sailors stranded after being shipwrecked off the Western Australian coast in the early 1600s.
Where did the first european settlers come from to Canada?
The first European settlers in Canada were Scandinavians.
