Australia

Australian history 1770-1918

By Emily1D
  • Lieutenant James Cook claims the East coast for Australia

    Lieutenant James Cook claims the East coast for Australia
  • First Settlement which is today Sydney

    First Settlement which is today Sydney
    The history of Australia from 1788–1850 covers the early colonies period of Australia's history, from the arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Sydney to establish the penal colony of New South Wales in 1788.
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    was a period of exploration, frontier war, and new settlements being built

  • chinese come to australia

    chinese come to australia
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    was the Great Australian Gold Rush, the colonies experienced huge growth and immigration.

  • Black Thursday Bushfires

    Black Thursday Bushfires
    The Black Thursday bushfires were a devastating series of fires that swept the state of Victoria, Australia on 6 February 1851. They are considered the largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history
  • The Eureka Rebellion was an armed conflict which is attributed to as the birth of democracy in Australia.

  • government used south pacific islanders for cheap labour

    government used south pacific islanders for cheap labour
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    'heyday' of the Bushrangers. It is believed that at their peak over 2000 bushrangers roamed the continent

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    factory conditons imrpoved

  • melbourne is one the richest cities in the world

  • a sense of nationalism began to emerge

    a sense of nationalism began to emerge
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    Queensland is in civil war between the armed unions against government forces. Large skirmishes, attacks on wool sheds, and naval battles take place across the colony

  • women in south austrlia were given the right to vote

    women in south austrlia were given the right to vote
    Propertied women in the colony of South Australia were granted the vote in local elections (but not parliamentary elections) in 1861. Henrietta Dugdale formed the first Australian women's suffrage society in Melbourne, Victoria in 1884. Women became eligible to vote for the Parliament of South Australia in 1894 and in 1897
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    Australia fights in the Boer War.

  • victorian act to remove aborignial children from there homes

    victorian act to remove aborignial children from there homes
    The Stolen Generations were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies and church missions, under acts of their respective parliaments. The removals occurred in the period between approximately 1909[1] and 1969
  • Federation of Australia is the beginning of the Australian nation

  • the consituion was made

    the consituion was made
  • immigration restriction act

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    Australia fights in WW1 - Major battles include Gallipoli, Beersheba

  • myall creek massacre

    myall creek massacre
    Myall Creek Massacre involved the killing of up to 30 unarmed Australian Aboriginals on 10 June 1838 at the Myall Creek near Bingara in northern New South Wales