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See Cook's Journal
James Cook's Journal 1770 Click on the link and watch a short 5min video and you will see the original journal. This is a PRIMARY SOURCE -
Captain Cook explores the East Coast of Australia
He claimed the land for Britain. It was to be used as a penal colony to bring unwanted convicts due to the massive overcrowding in the British prisons. -
First Fleet
Arriving in Botany Bay The first load of convicts arrive in Botony Bay. -
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Colonial Period
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Attracting Females
Women in Colonial times
Online exhibition Female Immigration 1848-1886 By now the colony was experiencing massigve growth. Many of the free settlers arrive were single men. The British Government offered to pay the transportation fees for single women aged between 15 and 30. -
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Boer War
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Immigration Restriction Policy passed
Abolition of the policy Read here about the history of the policy and its abolition. What was the Immigration Restriction Policy?
What was it more commonly called?
What was the dictation test?
How did this policy affect rural Australia and some of the industries such as pearling and Qld sugar plantations? -
First Census Taken
Report on Census 1911
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First World War
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Jewish Refugees
In Federal Parliament, the Minister fro the Interior, Mr John McEwen announces that Australia will accept 15000 refugees -
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Second World War
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Korean War
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Vietnam War
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Australia's Humanitarian and Refugee Program
