History of Australia and the Pacific

By chloe456
  • The settlement of aboriginal people in Australia
    60,000 BCE

    The settlement of aboriginal people in Australia

    Around 60,000 years ago, the first people settled Australia and Guinea.
  • The voyages of the Polynesians
    1000 BCE

    The voyages of the Polynesians

    Polynesians often went on long-distance ocean trips.
  • James Cook's arrival in Australia and New Zealand

    James Cook's arrival in Australia and New Zealand

    In the late 1770s, British explorer James Cook claimed Australia and New Zealand for Great Britain.
  • British settlement of Australia

    British settlement of Australia

    Many early settlers were convicted criminals who had exiled to Australia.
  • Treaty of Waitangi

    Treaty of Waitangi

    The Treaty of Waitangi is a treaty first signed on 6 February 1840 by representatives of the British Crown and various Māori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand.
  • Gold discovered in Australia

    Gold discovered in Australia

    In 1851, colonists discovered gold, and the British population soared.
  • Aboriginal Protection Act

    Aboriginal Protection Act

    In 1869, it controlled Aboriginal people's regulation of residence, employment and marriage.
  • Control of the Pacific Islands by the France, Britain, Japan and the United States

    Control of the Pacific Islands by the France, Britain, Japan and the United States

    The Micronesian islands served as a strategic midpoint between the United States and Japan.
  • Australia became an independent country

    Australia became an independent country

    Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901 when the British Parliament passed legislation .
  • Samoan independence

    Samoan independence

    In Western Samoa, the nonviolent Mau movement worked for independence, which Samoa won in 1962.