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.
Mission San Jose was. founded on June 11, 1797. by Father Fermin. Francisco de Lasuen on a. site which was part of a. natural highway by way of. the Livermore Valley to. the San Joaquin Valley. It is the fourteenth of the 21 Spanish Missions in Alta, California. They were founded to secure Spain's claim to this land and to teach the Native people Christianity and the Spanish way of life. Location The mission is located approximately 15 miles east of the pueblo of San Jose. The pueblo of San Jose, the first non-religious Spanish settlement in California, had