1712 - 1784 (72 years)
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| 1 | 1769 | - 6 Oct 1769: James Cook arrives in NZ
The English navigator Captain James Cook sighted New Zealand on 6 October 1769, and landed at Poverty Bay (now Gisborne) two days later. He drew detailed and accurate maps of the country, and wrote about the Maori people. Thanks to Cook’s detailed charts, and his gentlemen passengers’ scientific and artistic documentation, accurate knowledge of New Zealand was available in Europe for the first time from the 1770s.
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| 2 | 1778 | - 26 Jan 1778: First Convicts arrive in Australia
On 26 January 1788 the first Governor of NSW, Captain Arthur Phillip, and the First Fleet arrived in Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish a penal colony at Sydney Cove. The fleet was made up of 11 ships carrying 750-780 convicts plus 550 crew, soldiers and family members from Britain to Australia.
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