When did the first free settlers arrived in australia?
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Upon what event did the first free settlers arrive in Australia?
When the Bellona transport came to anchor
When the "Bellona" transport came to anchor in Sydney Cove on 16 January 1793, she brought with her the first immigrant free settlers. They were: Thomas Rose, a farmer from Dorset, his wife and four children; he was allowed a grant of 120 acres; Frederic Meredith, who had formerly been at Sydney with HMS "Sirius"; Thomas Webb (who had also been formerly at Sydney with the "Sirius"), his wife, and his nephew, Joseph Webb; Edward Powell, who had formerly been at Sydney with the "Juliana" transport, and who married a free woman after his arrival. Thomas Webb and Edward Powell each received a grant of 80 acres; and Joseph Webb and Frederic Meredith received 60 acres each.
On what date did the first free settlers arrive in Australia?
16 January 1793
History of Australia (1788–1850)
History of Australia (1788–1850)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Australia%20%281788%E2%80%931850%29
Sydney Cove, officially dual-named with its original Aboriginal name Warrane, is a bay on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, one of several harbours in Port Jackson, on the coast of Sydney, New South Wales.
Sydney Cove
The event upon which the first free settlers arrived in Australia was when the Bellona transport came to anchor in the New South Wales bay of Sydney Cove, bringing with her the first immigrant free settlers, on the date of 16 January 1793.