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Oct 11, 1492
Discovering America
On the third of August 1492 Christopher Columbus set sail from the Spanish port of Palos with his three ships the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. On the 11 of October Christopher was on look out duty and saw light in the distance this was the first discovery of America. The next day he and his crew landed in the Bahamas. Christopher was the first one to touch the shores of the beach. He and his crew soon discovered that it was only one of many islands. -
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The Englightenment
The Englightenment was a time when scientist began to discover certain things and people and these scientist came to reliase that people could think for themselves. This lead to the five ideas of the englightenment: Reason, Individualism, Republicanism, Humanism and Secularism. This would change how people lived forever. These ideas challenged the church who had been in charged up until now. -
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The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution started around 1750. The Industrial Revolution was a time of many good and bad changes it was a time when machines and stem power made it easier and faster to produce goods. This caused loss of jobs, new jobs, the slave trade and the need to transport convicts to Austrlia. It fixed and created problems. -
Assisted Passage scheme
The assisted passage scheme, was when the british govenment offered free passage to australia to encorage people to go to Australia. The scheme meant that poorer people would still have the chance to chage there life sytle and move to australia because the government would pay for their ticket, this was also good news for people as they could use what money they did have to start their new life and buy things like land, horses, houses and tools. -
The first European Settlers
Some of the first european settlers came aboard the first fleet on the 26 of January 1788. The eleven ships brought over 1487 people to Sydney Cove around 736 of these people were convicts one of the main reasons for bring convicts to Australia was to free up jail space in England. When they got to Sydney Cove they made a settlement and tried to be self sufficient.. This settlement slowly grew and now it is biggest city in Australia- Sydney. -
The first Fleet
The first fleet made up of 11 different ships started there voyage on the 13th of May 1787 and arrived in Port Jackson on the 26 of January. The first fleet brought over 1487 people to Australia including convicts- females and males, children, marines, seamen and royal navy personal as well as their families. Six babies were born during the voyage, children to Women convicts, only four of the six babies made it to Port Jackson. 23 Convicts died on the voyage as well. -
Small Pox outbreak
In 1790 British people found many dead First Australians they had died from small pox. Small Pox is now spreading throughout the First Australians community. None of the British people were affected because they were used to the diseases. Small Pox wiped half of the aboriginal population around Sydney. The surviving First Australians took the dead and fled. -
The Gold Rush
The first gold rush was in 1831 when Edward Hargraves discovered gold in New South Wales. This was the first of many gold discoveries in Australia. The Gold rush was a great time for wealthy australias but not so for the less fortunate. It had huge effects on australia the main changes being social, how people lived, worked and multiculturalism. Economic, the growth and decline in jobs, wages and the impact on shops and businesses. And Culture Influence of Europeans and other cultures. -
Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly born Edward Ned Kelly in June 1854 is one of Australias most famous bush ranges but not for the right reasons. Ned Kelly was a criminal and murder. At a young age he was already known by the police as a person who assulted people. Later in his life he had robbed banks, murder three innocent police officers, stole horses and corrupted means of transport. He was hung at the Melbourne goal on the 11th of november 1880. He last words Such is life are still used today. -
Chinese Migration
The first of many chinese immigrants came to Australia in 1861 during the gold rush. Most of these immigrants came to Australia for a better life as china was experiencing war and poverty. When the Chinese had raised the money to come to Australia or made a deal they had to travel on large ships in cramped conditions for seven months until they reached Melbourne. These immigrants were manly miners and labours, they faced many problems like racism and decrimination. -
Myall Creek Massacre Part Three
Back then many white people hunted aboriginals as a sport,.Even after the Myall Creek Massacre white people continued to murder aboriginals well into the 20th century. -
Myall Creek Massacre Part One
On June the 10th 1838, eleven white Europeans, convicts and ex-convicts slaughtered 28 Aboriginal men, women and children. The white people tied the Aboriginals together by their hands lead them to a creek then the white Europeans hacked and slashed the defenceless Aboriginal people to death. These convicts and ex-convicts were so evil that they even cut a women's throat, let her run around for a bit, then through her and her young child in a fire alive. -
Myall Creek Massacre Part Two
Two young boys managed to escape and these white men kept two beautiful young aboriginal girls to rape. On the 27 of November 1838, these men were tried for murder. Seven of the eleven men were found guilty and were hung on the 18 December 1838. -
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer rebellion began in 1898. It was about a group called the Righteous and Harmonious Fists who were trying to destroy the Ch'ing dynasty who had ruled china for over 250 years. The Rightenous Harmonious Fists were just a group of averaged village people who did not like the increasing influence of foreign Christian missionaries and acted violently towards it.The viloce would see more than 230 foreign people killed In short the Boxer Rebellion was an anti-foreigner uprising in Qing China. -
The War Precautions Act
The War Precautions Act was put in place from 1914 to 1916. The act is put in place when Australia entered the war, to help the war efforts. The precautions act gave the government of Australia extra things that they could do or put in place to help the war efforts. The war precautions act would give the government special powers thought out the war and for six months afterwards. Under the war Precautions act the government could put in place any law to do with the war efforts at home. -
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World War One
World war one produced death and destruction unlike any previous military conflict. it began as a European war in 1914 but spread to the to middle east, the far east, Africa, the pacific ocean and the waters around south America. It involved troops from not only the European powers, but also from parts of their empires: African colonies, Canada and newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand, India, and the Carribean. By its conclusion in 1918, over 9 million combatants had been killed. -
The battle of Villers Bretonneux
The first battle of Viller Bretonneux started on the 30th of march and ended on the 5th of april 1918. Villers bretonneux had been untouched by the war up until then. The battle was a part of the wider second battle of the Somme and if the Germans had Possession of the town it would have given them a possition from where they could have bombarded Amenz just 10 miles away. In the end the ANZAC won and it caused a turning point for the german offenise at the Somme.
