Australia History

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  • Dutch (Netherlands)

    Dutch (Netherlands)
    They were the first Europeans that sailded to Australia but did not settle there.

  • Captin James Cook

    Captin James Cook
    In 1770 Captin James Cook sailed around Australia. He named that area New South Wales. He ignored the aborigines that lived there and clamed the area for England

  • First Fleet

    First Fleet
    1787 – British ships called the “First Fleet” left England with convicts to establish a prison colony

  • Penal Colony

    Penal Colony
    In 1788 British prisoners settled in Australia

  • First Offical Penal Colony

    First Offical Penal Colony
    1788 to 1832 New South Wales was officially a penal (prison) colony consisting mainly of convicts, marines (guards), and the marines’ families
    Only 20% of the first convicts were women
    British transported prisoners to Australia until 1868
    By this time, many free immigrants were settling there, they built businesses, trading posts, farms and many more

  • Port Aurther, Tasmania

    Port Aurther, Tasmania
    From 1833, until the 1850s, it was the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals, those who were secondary offenders having re-offended after their arrival in Australia.
    Port Arthur had some of the strictest security measures of the British penal system.
    Some tales suggest that prisoners committed murder (an offence punishable by death) just to escape the desolation of life at the camp
    The Island of the Dead was the destination for all who died inside the prison camp.

  • Government

    Government
    In 1861 the government officials created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today.

  • Commonwealth

    Commonwealth
    January 1, 1901: the Commonwealth of Australia was established.

  • Gov Helps Aborigines

    Gov Helps Aborigines
    1967: the federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines
    It was widely seen as affirmation of the Australian people’s wish to see its government take direct action to improve the living conditions of Aborigines
    In March, striking Aboriginal farmers changed political history by extending a demand for equal wages to a declaration of their rights of ownership of traditional lands, this became one of Australia’s first successful land claims by its indigenous people

  • Australia Act

    Australia Act
    1986: Australia Act -- all legal ties with the British Empire were severed
    Today, Australia is a parliamentary democracy (constitutional monarchy) with Elizabeth II as queen
    1999: 55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic.