History of Australia

By legette.zorad
  • European Exploration: Dutch

    European Exploration: Dutch

    In 1606, the first Europeans sailed to Australia, but they were attacked by the Aboriginals and didn't settle there.
  • European Exploration: British

    European Exploration: British

    Captain James Cook sailed to New South Wales in 1707. He ignored the Aboriginals and claimed the land for England
  • First fleet

    First fleet

    British ships left England top establish a prison colony.
  • Settling

    Settling

    The British prisoners settled in Australia.
  • Period: to

    New South Wales was officially made a penal colony

    The colony mainly consisted of convicts, guards, and the guards families.
  • Period: to

    A strict penal colony

    Port Author, Tasmania was the destination for the hardest convicts for British and Irish criminals.
  • Boundries

    Boundries

    The boundaries created by the government in 1861 are steal in place today.
  • The Commonwealth

    The Commonwealth

    The Commonwealth was established in Australia.
  • Immigration Restriction Act

    Immigration Restriction Act

    Only let people of European decent migrate there.
  • Helping Aborigines

    Helping Aborigines

    The Government is now helping Aborigines and the Aborigines hope to see better living conditions.
  • Australia Act

    Australia Act

    Legal ties were severed if they were from the British Empire
  • Independent replublidc

    Independent replublidc

    55% of voters didn't want the idea of Australia becoming an independent republic