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first fleet
From 1788 to 1868 Britain transported more than 160,000 convicts from its overcrowded prisons to the Australian colonies. This is also known as ‘settlement’ or the ‘invasion’ as Aboriginal people had settled the continent thousands of years prior. -
rawway lines
from 1850-1900 the turkish ,pakistani and afghani camel handlers had a very inportent part in the opening of central australia. I the big bildings of telegraph and railway lines -
gold rush
In the gold rush of 1851 to the end of 1860. Close to 500,000 migrants came from England,China and the USA. -
sugar plantations
Labourers from Pacific Islands were hired to work on sugar cane fields in queensland. -
japanese fishers
in the pearling industries japaneses fishers played and inportant role