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No. The first penal colony in New South Wales was Sydney Cove, at Port Jackson. After a short time, it became known simply as Sydney.
Tasmania was the second region to be settled as a penal colony, in 1804. This is apart from the convict camp established for particularly hardened criminals in 1801 in the area now known as Newcastle (originally King's Town).
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When did the first fleet stop at Tasmania?
The First Fleet did not stop in Tasmania. There was no settlement in Tasmania (then called Van Diemen's Land), and it was not the location where the new colony was to be established, so there was no reason to stop there.
Was Sydney in 'South Australia' in the nineteenth century?
No. Sydney has never been in either the colony or state of South Australia. Sydney has only ever been located in New South Wales, which was the first colony in Australia. It is on the eastern coast, not in the south.
What was the first Australian state to be discovered?
The states of Australia were begun as British colonies. They were separate colonies and not united with each other until Federation in 1901. New South Wales was first founded in 1788. As a colony, it covered all of modern-day NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and the Northern Territory. Later on, different territories were carved from it - for example, Queensland became a separate colony in 1859. European explorers first landed on the coast of Western Australia. They did not reach the eastern coast of Australia until the voyage of James Cook in 1770.
Who was the first Governor of Queensland?
George Ferguson Bowen was the first Governor of Queensland, after Queen Victoria signed Letters Patent in 1859, declaring that Queensland was a separate colony from New South Wales.
What countries were involved in the first fleet?
England was the only country involved in the First Fleet. The First Fleet refers to the first fleet of eleven ships which arrived in New South Wales in January 1788, carrying convicts, officers, marines and their families. They arrived at Port Jackson, now known as Sydney, New South Wales, to establish a convict colony. Australia was not yet a country.
