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Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1453
Middle Age
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Period: Jan 1, 1453 to
Early Modern
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European discovery and the the Britain colonisation of Australia
Captain James Cook charted the Australian east cost and claimed it (under instruction from King George III of England ) for United Kingdom. -
Penal transportation and Australia
The UK devided to use its new outpost as a penal colony. On 26 january 1788, the first fleet of 11 ships arrived in Sidney Harbour, half of the passengers were convicts. Penal transportation ended in 1868 -
Period: to
Modern
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Squatters push across the continent
By the 1820s, prosperity and Australia's cheap land attracted more and more Britannics. The settlers began to move - violently-deeper into Aboriginal territories to fulfill their needs. Several years later , cities - Brisbane,Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide- were settled by the squatter. -
Gold discovery in Australia
Gold was actually firstly discovered in 1823 but the discoveries were kept secret, for fear of sparking off unrest among the convicts. When more and more people left Australians colonies to join the gold rush in California, the government back off and started encourage the discovery of gold. So gold was first "officially" discovered in Australia in 1851, in New South Wales. -
The Eureka rebellion a.k.a. The Eureka stockade
The Eureka Stockade occurred during the early years of the Australian goldrush.The gold miners rebelled against the miner's licence. The rebellion officialy started on November 30. Then the miners began to construct a wooden barricade which they thought able to protect them.Several days later, the repression was harsh:2 diggers and 5 troopers died in the battle.The rebellion itself failed, but they gained the attention of the Government and changes were made improving the miners' life condition -
Unified Australia
Australia's 6 states officially became a nation under a single constitution. -
World War 1
WW1 had a devasting effect on Australia.About 20% of the soldiers died and lots of the others came back wounded -
World War 2
Durind the WW2 Australian forces managed to make an imprtant contribution to the Allied victory. The veterans of WW2 came out of it with a huge sense of pride in their country abilities. -
Post-war boom
After the WW2 ended, there were lots of migrants from across Europe and the Middle East. Many found jobs in the booming manufacturing sector. -
Arborigines get more rights
The 1960s were an era of political, economic and social changes. The recognization of the Arborigines rights was settled by the referendum of May 1967. The amendments were overwhelmingly endorsed expressing the australians'desire of uninfiing every folks of Australia. -
The Australian Labor Party reign
In 1972, The Labor Party won the fereral election. Over the next three years, they made significant changes: abolition of universties fees, introduction of the free universal health care, giving up White Australia policy, embracing multiculturalism and introduction of no-fault divorce and equal pay for women. Those changes had transformed the figure of Australia.
