Economic history of Australia

The economic history of Australia traces the economic history of Australia since European settlement in 1788. == 1788–1821 == The European settlement of Australia began on 26 January 1788 at Port Jackson (modern Sydney, New South Wales), when the First Fleet arrived with more than 1,000 convicts, marines and a few free settlers, plus a vast quantity of stores to establish a penal colony in New South Wales.

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