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Migrations to Australia
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First fleet to Australia
The First Fleet of 11 ships, each one no larger than a Manly ferry, left Portsmouth in 1787 with more than 1480 men, women and children onboard. Although most were British, there were also African, American and French convicts. After a voyage of three months the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay on 24 January 1788. Here the Aboriginal people, who had lived in isolation for 40,000 years, met the British in an uneasy stand off at what is now known as Frenchmans Beach at La Perouse. -
Australia claimed as British territory
In 1770 Captain James Cook claimed the East coast of Australia for British Crown but it wasn't until 1829 that all of Australia was claimed as British territory (after the colony of Western Australia was established at Perth by Captain James Stirling). Captain James Cook from England was a great explorer who travelled around the world i ships. -
The Australian Gold rush
The 'rush' was well and truly on. Victoria contributed more than one third of the world's gold output in the 1850s and in just two years the State's population had grown from 77,000 to 540,000! The number of new arrivals to Australia was greater than the number of convicts11 who had landed here in the previous seventy years. The total population trebled from 430,000 in 1851 to 1.7 million in 1871. Most of the population came on ships and boats from Europe, America, the Middle East and China. -
ANZAC Day
ANZAC Day is probably Australia's most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War travleing in ships and boats. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and became established as a national day of commemoration for the 60,000 Australians who had died during the war. -
World War 2
Almost a million Australians, both men and women, served in the Second World War. They fought in campaigns against Germany and Italy in Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa, as well as against Japan in south-east Asia and other parts of the Pacific. The Australian mainland came under direct attack for the first time, as Japanese aircraft bombed towns in north-west Australia and Japanese midget submarines attacked Sydney harbour. -
Japanese planes make almost 100 attacks against Australian sites.
Between February 1942 and November 1943, during the Pacific War, the Australian mainland, domestic airspace, offshore islands and coastal shipping were attacked at least 97 times by aircraft from the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. These attacks came in various forms; from large-scale raids by medium bombers, to torpedo attacks on ships, and to strafing runs by fighters. In the first and deadliest attacks, 242 aircraft hit Darwin on the morning of 19 February 1942. -
The Korean War
The Korean War began on 25 June 1950, when North Korean forces launched an invasion of South Korea. Personnel from the Australian Army fought as part of the United Nations multinational force, defending South Korea from the Communist force of North Korea. Their transport was military aircraft and ships and submarines.
The end of the war came with the signing of an armistice on 27 July 1953. The ending was so sudden that some soldiers had to be convinced it really was over. -
Modern Migration
Mordern migration is when people from around the world come to Australia to start a new life and they want to have a better education. The transportantation people would usually use ane planes and sometime ships to come to Australia. This has changed Australian culture by making the enviroment more multicultural. Anyone can be a mordern migrant.
