Edexcel History A-Level (Paper 3, Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914)- Key Topic 2/ The birth of British Australia, 1788–1829
By: Archie Atkinson
Australia’s role as a penal colony from 1788; the importance of Lachlan Macquarie: the development of Sydney; land grants to ex-convicts and development up the Hawkesbury River; the growth of Macquarie towns, Impact of British settlement on Aborigines in Tasmania and New South Wales, 1788-1829, The spreading impact