The first camels came to Australia from the Canary Islands in 1840. Nine camels were brought for the purpose of aiding the exploration of John Horrocks. None of these initial â¦ camels survived, although the first one lived for six years-long enough to shoot Horrocks.hese were the predecessors of today's wild camels. Camels continued to be brought over by later explorers. It was not uncommon for the explorers and/or the Afghan cameleers to release their camels, or for the camels to escape.
The expedition arrived in San Diego on May 14, 1769, the first overland party to reach Alta California. The next day, on May 15, Gaspar de Portola and Father Junipero Serra set out across the rugged, arid land of Baja California with a contingent of soldiers and Baja mission Indians.
The Pueblo of San Jose, the first non-religious Spanish settlement in California, had been founded several years before near the Guadalupe River. The site for the Mission was chosen because it had good soil and was near a large tribe of Ohlone.eginnings of the Mission. Mission San Jose was founded on June 11, 1797 by Father Fermin Lasuen. Father Lasuen dedicated the 14th mission in the chain to Saint Joseph. Mission San Jose was sent livestock and supplies from Mission Santa Clara and Mission San Francisco de Asis to help them get established.