af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jun 29, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Taken by the British in the early 1800s and made a colony in 1825, Van Diemens Island was used as an auxiliary penal settlement until the 1850s. It was granted self-government and renamed Tasmania in 1856, and it became a state of the Australian Commonwealth in 1901....
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jun 28, 2023 | Stamp of the day
The South Australia Act, 1834 created the Province of South Australia, built according to the principles of systematic colonisation, with no convict settlers. After the colony nearly went bankrupt, the South Australia Act 1842 gave the British Government full control...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jun 27, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Europeans settled in Queensland in 1825 when Brisbane was selected as a penal settlement for the more difficult convicts. The penal settlement was officially closed in 1839 and the land was prepared for sale for permanent settlement. Queensland was originally part of...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jun 25, 2023 | Stamp of the day
New South Wales was the first Australian colony to be established by the British. The southeastern coast of the continent was first sighted by Europeans in 1770 on the first voyage of Capt. James Cook, who took possession of what he called New South Wales in the name...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jun 25, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. Ascension Island was discovered by the Portuguese navigator João da Nova in 1501 and named Conception Island, but was rediscovered in 1503 on Ascension Day by...
