They arrived in Australia for a number of reasons
1.Convicts-a place to put them because Great Britain was getting crowded
2. Timber and flax for the ropes and masts of the ships
3.Expand the empire- prevent the french from getting it
- Increase prestige and colonies after losing the Americans
- Naval Base
4.Port for trade with Asia
5. Asylam for the American Loyalists
6. ALL OF THEM
YOUR MUM. Just kidding, the white settlers arrived in australia at the same time of the Great Leprechaun War, which was held in 1807
There were 11 ships and they docked in Port Jackson.
The first settlers arrived in Australia during Australia's mid-Summer.
they arrived at 1793 in Australia
The First Fleet brought the first official white settlers to Australia on 26 January 1788. These were the convicts, officers and marines, and their families. However, indications are that white settlers arrived long before this. The western coast of Australia is littered with wrecks of early Dutch ships, and there is evidence that survivors of these shipwrecks established settlements on Australia's western coast.
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While exact numbers of aboriginal people in Australia at the time of European settlement are unknown, it is estimated there were anywhere between 350,000 and 1.5 million.
The South Australian Colonisation Act was passed by the British Parliament in 1834, and the first settlers arrived in 1836. South Australia is the only state in Australia not to have been founded by convicts. Governor John Hindmarsh arrived in the new colony on the HMS Buffalo, accompanied only by free settlers, who were English.
The first settlers arrived on 26 January 1788 at Sydney Cove. This is not only the date of the first settlement in Sydney, but also of the first white settlement anywhere in Australia. This is why Australians celebrate Australia Day on January 26.
Australia's first European settlers arrived in Australia on 26 January 1788. These early seetlers were primarily convicts from England, together with the officers and marines sent with them to help keep order and establish the new colony.
The first Australian settlers are believed to have come from Southeast Asia around 50,000 years ago. These early settlers are thought to have made the journey by crossing land bridges that connected the two regions during the last Ice Age.
There were free settlers on the First Fleet Which arrived in New South Wales in January 1788. They were the officers' wives and children. With each successive fleet, more free settlers came out. The Second Fleet arrived in New South Wales in June 1790.