Kubva muna 1718, kutakurwa kuenda kumakoroni eAmerica kwaive chirango chemhosva dzakasiyana siyana muBritain, nevasungwa vangangosvika chiuru pagore vaiendeswa mhiri kweAtlantic. Vakamanikidzwa kutsvaga imwe nzvimbo mushure mekurasikirwa neMakoloni gumi nematatu muna 1783, hurumende yeBritain yakatendeukira kunzvimbo dzichangobva kuwanikwa dzeAustralia. Mhenderekedzo yeAustralia yakanga yawanikwa nevaEurope nemufundisi wechiDutch Willem Janszoon muna 1606 uye yakatumidzwa zita rekuti New Holland neDutch East India Company, asi pakanga pasina kuyedza kuitora. Muna 1770 James Cook akawana mhenderekedzo yekumabvazuva kweAustralia paakanga ari parwendo rwesayenzi kuSouth Pacific Ocean, akataura kuti kondinendi yeBritain, ndokutumidza zita rekuti South New Wales. Muna 1778, Joseph Banks, mutongi wemabhodhi weCook parwendo, akapa humbowo kuhurumende pamusoro pekukodzera kweBotany Bay yeWestern, uye kutakurwa kwevasungwa kweAtlantic kweAtlantic. Hurumende yeBritain yakamanikidzwa kutsvaga imwe nzvimbo mushure mek
6 February 1840