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King George III
CAUSE
King George III sends the first group of convicts to New holland to found the first colony at sydney cove, They assumed that the aborinals did not own the land and ould step aside.
EFFECT
Aboriginal people are no inhabbitants. The french were stopped from colonising Australia. We inherited English region, laws and values. -
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Colonial Australia
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International commodity prices
Cause
International commodity prices collapse, triggering a fall in export earnings and increasing overseas debt. They cut all overseas borrowing and lower all award wages by 10%
Effect
What happened after this caused a long term downfall for the economy -
12 year Guerilla war
CAUSE
After a 12 year guerrilla war Pemulwuy, Eora resistance fighter is shot and is killed by two settlers. His head is preserves and sent to Sir Joseph Banks.
EFFECT
Killing Pemulwuy only caused tension between the settlers and the Eora -
Maquarie
Cause
Maquarie decides the natives are no longer friendly for learning their language and have become hostile
Effect
He also sends out a military drive to teach them a lesson -
24,000 people
CAUSE
The population in NSW of white people reaches 24,000
EFFECT
This means the eora couldn’t do anything to stop them -
Govenour Bourke decides...
CAUSE
Govenour Bourke puts license fees on squatting to stop the illegal squatters and them killing natives
EFFECT
This will mean that squatters will not be taking land that people want to build on -
cattle and sheep
CAUSE
At this time the colony has about 1,200,000 sheep and 350,000 cattle
EFFECT
This means there will be no shortage of food for a long time. -
Gold field
CAUSE
There is a Major gold field in Victoria, Ballarat. Heaps of people came to get their hands on some gold.
EFFECT
Because of this the eureka war happened -
last convicts
CAUSE
The last convicts are sent to Australia
EFFECT
Australia becomes more efficient with less convicts here and no more coming -
overland telegraph com
CAUSE
The overland telegraph is completed so they can send messages quicker
EFFECT
now it doesn’t take so long to send a message -
population increases to ...
CAUSE
The population reaches over 2 million people
EFFECT
the population will grow huge and have many opportunities -
drought
CAUSE
There is a Drought that causes climate shift across eastern Australia that lasts till the 1940s
EFFECT
This means that people will experience different weather in different places
