Here are the main reasons you would not be eligible: 1  You have not met the eligibility requirements. 2  You have been found guilty of a felony, or pleaded guilty to a felony.
1788: Captain Arthur Phillip establishes a convict settlement at Sydney Cove. Captain Arthur Phillip RN was the commander of the First Fleet of 11 ships that sailed into Botany Bay, New South Wales, in January 1788. Three days later he chose a site at nearby Sydney Cove, in Port Jackson, and on 26 January began to establish a convict settlement.
Cook, James (1728â1779) A navigator, surveyor and explorer, who captained three expeditions to the Pacific between 1768 and 1779. He surveyed the coasts of New Zealand and eastern Australia, and explored part of the seaboard of Antarctica. He was able to show that the supposed âGreat Southern Continentâ did not exist.