australia

By mrcoolstuff

  • Australia was chosen

    American Revolutionary War 1775–1783, Great Britain needed to find alternative land for a new British colony. Australia was chosen for settlement, and colonisation began in 1788. Rather than resorting to the use of slavery to build the infrastructure for the new colony, convict labour was used as a cheap and economically viable alternative.

  • Australia is born

  • Australia was colonized by the british

  • to crowded in Australia

    It is commonly reported that the colonisation of Australia was driven by the need to address overcrowding in the British prison system; however, it was simply not economically viable to transport prisoners half way around the world for this reason alone.

  • government was established

  • first prime minister

    The first Prime Minister of Australia, Edmund Barton, contested the inaugural 1901 federal election as head of a caretaker Protectionist Party federal government.

  • the flag was created

    The flag's original design (with a six-pointed Commonwealth Star) was chosen in 1901 from entries in a competition held following Federation, and was first flown in Melbourne on 3 September 1901; this date has been proclaimed as Australian National Flag Day.

  • WW1 28 Jul 1914 - 11 Nov 1918

    Australia mostly fought WW1 on the Western Front in France, the Suez Canal and Turkey. Our allies were any nations under the Commonwealth, France and Russia. We were fighting against Nazi Germany, Italy and Hungary.Wounded:156,000 Killed:60,000

  • 3 Sep 1939 - 14 Aug 1945 ww2

    Australia fought WW2 in South East Asia, North Africa and in Europe. Australia was fighting Japan in Papa New Guinea as they tried to make contact with Australian soil; we also helped our allies to fight Germany like in WW1. The alliances in WW2 were Germany, Italy and Japan as well as some smaller countries and then there were the rest of the world trying to stop them including the countries in the Commonwealth.Causalities: 39,000Wounded: 30,000

  • Vietnam War1 Aug 1962 - 30 Apr 1975

    Australia fought the Vietnam War against Communists and North Vietnam. They were allied with America the UK as well as South Vietnam. They fought in North and South Vietnam.Casualties: 521Wounded: 3000