Xeebaha Australia waxaa u helay reer Yurub by sahamiyaha Dutch Willem Janszoon ee 1606 waxaana loo magacaabay New Holland by Shirkadda Dutch East India Company, laakiin ma jirin isku day ah in ay gumeeyaan. In 1770 James Cook ogaaday xeebaha bari ee Australia halka safar cilmiyeed in Badweynta Koonfurta Pacific, sheegtay qaaradda for Britain, oo loo magacaabay New South Wales. In 1778, Joseph Banks, maxkamad botanist Cook ee safarka, soo bandhigay caddaymo dowladda ku saabsan ku habboonaanta Galbeedka Botany Bay for a ciqaab ciqaab ah oo ka badan kun oo maxbuus ah sannadkii la soo dhaafay.
6 Febraayo 1840