History of Australia

By kiarasmith
  • European Exploration: Dutch

    European Exploration: Dutch

    First Europeans to sail to Australia were the Dutch (Netherlands) in 1606, but they didn’t settle there
  • European Exploration : British

    European Exploration : British

    Captain James Cook sailed around Australia in 1770
  • First Fleet

    First Fleet

    British ships called the “First Fleet” left England with convicts to establish a prison colony in 1787
  • Prisoners Settle

    Prisoners Settle

    British prisoners settled in Australia in 1788
  • Commonwealth of Australia

    Commonwealth of Australia

    Government officials created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today in 1861
  • No Transportation of Prisoners to Australia

    No Transportation of Prisoners to Australia

    British transported prisoners to Australia until 1868
  • Commonwealth of Australia

    Commonwealth of Australia

    The commonwealth of Australia was established.
  • Immigration Restriction Act

    Immigration Restriction Act

    Restricted migration to people primarily of European descent
    This was dismantled after the Second World War.
  • Aborigines

    Aborigines

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

    Australia Act

    All legal ties with the British Empire were severed