Colonization of Australia

By Francisco Lopez jyms
  • The Discovery

    The Discovery

    The Dutch discover the southern islands in 1606. They land there and get attacked by the indigenous peoples called the Aborigines.
  • The British Take the Land

    The British Take the Land

    In 1770 Captain James Cook travels to the islands and claimed the land for Britain, ignoring the Aborigines living there.
  • The Convicts Migrate

    The Convicts Migrate

    In 1787 the British send convicts to the Australian islands because of the american revolution and can't send them to Georgia. The prisoners sent were charged with starting riots, stealing, or things like that. Murderers were not sent because of the death penalty.
  • Colonization of the Convicts

    Colonization of the Convicts

    Form 1788 to 1868 the convicts kept on coming. 20% of the prisoners were woman. People were actually trying to get there because of how expensive it was to live in Britain
  • The Thugs Get Serious

    The Thugs Get Serious

    The sentence for getting sent to australia was getting more severe and people that were sent was people that had been offenders of any kind and people that were offenders on the arrival to australia.
  • The commonwealth rise

    The commonwealth rise

    In 1901 people started to live in australia and there was a commonwealth.
  • There is a capital

    There is a capital

    In 1927 there was an established capital of canberra.

  • Protect the Aborigines

    People started to pass laws to protect the aboriginal people. Also they gave them land to live in.

  • Bye to the Brits

    All ties with the british people were severed

  • We don't want independence!

    55% of people who voted in 1999 rejected the idea of becoming an independant