Hige

By broughtonjohn
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    Industrial revolution

    People move to the city for work after machines replace humans.

  • captain cook visits a mysterious land named terra nullious.

    He slautered a native and observes the barren soil he decides the land is not worth it and ignores terra nullios.

  • The British government think of opportunities of colonising new Holland

    The British believe Australia could help unlock trade with Asia and end the unemployment issues . The British also needed a place to sent convicts after the war of independence in America , and Asia would be allies. Space was also being taken up by factories and homes are impossible to find,so crime and disease takes over.

  • The prisons are filled up to the rafters

    Joseph Banks tells the government of a fertile green land and they make plans to colonise it.

  • The convicts arrive in Botany Bay

    The Soil was poor and there was nothing

  • Captain cook sail up the coast and finds. the best harbour in the world

    On the way back he sees French ships so he raises the flag immediatly
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    The goldrush begins

    The gold rush bring people from all over the world and soon the Victorian population booms

  • Farmers control half of Victoria's population

    Farmers and local buiseness start to be th only ones making money as the gold Digging slows and the gold goes