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The earliest British settlement in Australia was in which area

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1787

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On 13 May 1787, a fleet of 11 ships sailed from England. They reached Botany Bay on 18 January 1788 with 1,530 people, 736 of them convicts. Eight days later, the fleet left to establish a settlement at Port Jackson, a few kilometers north. The settlement grew to be Sydney, Australia s biggest city.

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