History of Australia

By ashley.wiilds
  • First Sailors

    First Sailors

    Dutch(Neatherlands) arrived in Australia but they didn’t settle there
  • New South Wales was officially a penal colony

    New South Wales was officially a penal colony

    1788 to 1832: New South Wales was officially a penal colony
  • British prisoners settled in Australia

    British prisoners settled in Australia

    British prisoners settled in Australia
  • Tasmania was the destination for the hardest of convicted

    Tasmania was the destination for the hardest of convicted

    From 1833, until the 1850s, Tasmania was the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals
  • government officials create boundaries

    government officials create boundaries

    1861: government officials created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today
  • Commonwealth of Australia was established

    Commonwealth of Australia was established

    January 1, 1901: the Commonwealth of Australia was established.
  • Melbourne served as the national capital

    Melbourne served as the national capital

    Melbourne served as the national capital until Canberra was completed in 1927
  • federal government begin help the Aborigines

    federal government begin help the Aborigines

    1967: federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines
  • Australia Act

    Australia Act

    all legal ties with the British Empire were severed
  • voters reject becoming an independent republic.

    voters reject becoming an independent republic.

    1999: 55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic.