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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.
So James Cook (not actually a Captain when he charted the coast, but a Lieutenant) can be credited as one of the reasons why Australia was colonised. Captain Arthur Phillip was the First Governor of the colony of New South Wales, and captain of the First Fleet of convicts to arrive on Australia's shores. He was an explorer in his own right, travelling overland to try to find land to enable the colony to expand and support new settlers and farms.