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Abel Tasman Voyaged to New Holland
Abel Tasman set off to New Holland with a map and two ships. Strong winds pushed him off course to the south, and he sailed around what we now call Tasmania. He named it Van Deimen’s Land. Tasman then sailed home but would later see Australia. -
Abel Tasman's Second Journey to New Holland
Abel Tasman was a sailor who had recently travelled to New Holland. Two years later he voyaged off again to trade spices. He started to travel from Batavia down to Cape York. He travelled across the north coast and past what we know now as The Northern Territory. He continued down to Shark Bay and continued back home. Even though he discovered the north coast his mission was considered a failure because he found no spices. -
William Dampier Eplores Part of The Great South Land
Trader and Buccaneer, William Dampier, put his ship aground for cleaning, off the coast of Shark Bay. During this time he learnt about the local natives and collected plant samples. He then returned to England thinking The Great South Land was not fit for inhabiting. -
The Industrial Revoloution
Around 1750, life in England changed dramatically. Machines were invented and built to produce goods faster and at a quality than crafts people could not do. As the factories were in the cities, everyone moved there. The cites became over crowded and because the workers were so poor, crime rates sky rocketed. Punishments were harsh, and prisons overflowed. The government decided to put prisoners on hulks and transport them elsewhere. -
Captian Cook sails to New Holland Part A
In 1768 Captain Cook was chosen to study the planet Venus. He set his course and left on August 1768 with 94 people on his ship which was later called the Endeavour. They sailed 40 Degrees south but found nothing, so they started to head west. -
CaptianCook sails to New Holland Part B
He set course for Van Diemen’s Land but a storm blew his boat north and he missed the land completely. On the 19th 1770 they spotted land and decided to name it Point Hicks Because of the finding of Zachary Hicks . Cook wrote that it would be a great piece of land for farming and building. He decided to call the land New South Wales. -
First fleet Part B
The First Fleet started to head to Sydney Cove. When they arrived on the 26th January 1788. Work started immediately they had to build shelters. Punishments were cruel but well disserved. Soldiers were frightened that convicts would escape and murder them. When people deserved there freedom they were released, but those were very lucky. People also feared the natives. When the convicts escaped they either came back to camp or died. -
First Fleet Part A
In the year 1787 the First Fleet left England and began to travel the long and harsh journey to New Holland. Conditions were hard and the 1350 people that were suffering, cramped together people were dying but only 50 people died but that is still a big loss. The food was revolting and convicts couldn’t stand it. They were only given small amounts of time on the deck and bellow deck the smell was sickening. -
Convict lifeThe First Convict Settlement
Botany Bay (Sydney Cove) was the site of the penal settlement in New South Wales. The work started immediately and the convicts were given lots of harsh punishents and the prisoners did not like it at all. -
Convict Life Convict Children
Child convicts were often sick because they did not receive enough food to eat. In the early days of the of the settlement, the children were treated the same as the adults. Eventually, boys were sent to separate establishments, but the girls stayed with the women in the Female Factory -
Convict Life Repeat Offenders
Convicts who repeatedly broke the rules of the penal settlements were sent to new, far away, even harsher settlements. They included North Folk Island, Moreton Bay, Van Deimens land, Macquarie Harbour and Port Author. -
Convict Life Prison Hulks
Before prisoners were transported to Australia, they were held on Prison Hulks. Prison Hulks were disgusting and filthy and no one wanted to be there. They also were big boats made of wood and convicts had to stay in the prison hulks because the prisons were full and the guards had to move them. -
Burke and Wills part A
On the 20th June 1860 Robert Burke was chosen to lead the Victorian Expedition, Burke was a strange choice as a leader. Burke was very moody and that showed when Gorge landells the party’s camel expert was giving the camels rum, which lead men to being drunk. Landells left the party, then Burke promoted William Wills, an astronomer, Wills became second in charge. When they reached Cooper Creek they set up camp. As the hottest part of the year was coming, it was very dangerous to go any further. -
Burke and Wills part B
With six camels and one horse, Billy, the party set off. They accomplished reaching the Gulf of Carpentaria, Burke and Wills left King and Gray back at camp. When they returned supplies were low and when the party moved on. Billy was shot and eaten and Charles Gray was unable to walk so he was strapped to a camel. The next day Charles Gray died, and they spent one whole day digging a shallow grave for him. As they proceeded, cut in to a Coolabah tree was a message Dig 3FT.N.W APR.21.1861. -
Burke and Wills part C
They followed the directions as on the tree. At the tree Burke decided to stay for two days. Then they followed Cooper Creek to Mount Hopeless. Burke and Wills were helped by Aboriginal people for a long time, but Burke fired a gun at one because he was trying to take an oilcloth. The Aboriginal people abandoned them. Eventually Burke and Wills died of starvation. -
Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth
Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth were graziers whose herds and flocks needed more grazing land to survive. They thought they could find new lands beyond the Blue Mountains. They took some convict slaves to help with their expedition. Most explorers followed the rivers, but found they couldn’t get through the mountians. Blaxland and Wentworth chose to follow the ridges instead. New grazing land was found and they were rewarded with greater areas of land. -
Ned kelly
Ned Kelly was an infamous Bushranger, and a thief. He made his own armour covering his head, arms, chest, back and part of his legs. He was captured in 1888 at the Glenrowan Hotel. Ned Kelly appeared in court on the 28th and the 29th of October. He was sentenced to death. During this time his brother Dan Kelly committed suicide. On the 11th October 1888 Ned Kelly was executed. His last words were Such is life. -
Federation of Australia part A
Before 1901, Australia was made of six colonies. Each of these colonies operated their own government, police service, flag, and rail way tracks. This meant that you had to pass through customs every time you moved across a border. -
Federation of Australia part B
Sir Henery Parks is known as the ‘Father of Federation’ because he pushed for the colonies to form one single nation. He was an old man when he began to move towards federated Australia, but unfortunately he died three years before it happened. -
Federation of Australia part C
After several referendums (special elections), a majority of people voted ‘yes’ to federation. Queen Victoria singed the paper work and we became one nation on 1st January 1901.
The first parliament was held in Melbourne, and our first Prime Minister was Sir Edmund Barton.
