The First Fleet
Who were the convicts on the First Fleet? Click here to investigate a database of all the first fleet convicts. you can sort by age, crime, sentence, occupation and more.
Prominent People in the first years of settlement
Some short biographies about some important people from Australia's past.
Incidents between Aboriginal people in NSW and the British colonisers 1770 - 1792
There is a lot to read here. It is not necessary to read it all, but read some parts to get an idea of the interaction between settlers and Aboriginal people.