Australia

Australia's History By: Ivy Marie Carbajal

By sukisaki

  • The Dutch

    The Dutch
    First Europeans to sail to Australia were the Dutch, but they didn't settle there.

  • Captain James Cook

    Captain James Cook
    Captain James Cook sailed around Australia
    -Cook named the area New South Wales
    -He ignored the Aborigines and claimed the land for England

  • Prison

    Prison
    • Australia seemed like a good choice for sending British prisoners *British prisoners settled in Australia
      • no chance to escape, no colonies around, and few indiginous people.

  • Government Officials

    Government Officials
    Government officials created boundaries for the colonies
    -those boundaries are still in place today

  • Stop Sending Prisoners!

    Stop Sending Prisoners!
    *British transported prisoners to until this year.
    *By this time, many free immigrants were settling there.

  • Commonwealth

    Commonwealth
    The Commonwealth of Australia was established.
    Commonwealth: a federation of states

  • Capital City

    Capital City
    Melbourne served as the national capital until Canberra was completed in this year.

  • Aborigines

    Aborigines
    • Federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines. *Aborogines went on a successful strike

  • Freedom

    Freedom
    Aborigines became Australian citizens.

  • Australia Act

    Australia Act
    Australia Act- all legal ties with the British Empire were served.

  • Independent Republic

    Independent Republic
    55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an Independent Republic.