History of Australia

By BRIANAJ
  • James Cook

    James Cook

    Captain James Cook sailed around Australia
  • british ships

    british ships

    British ships called the “First Fleet” left England with convicts to establish a prison colony
  • prisoners

    prisoners

    British prisoners settled in Australia
  • reserves

    reserves

    remnants of the tribes in the settled areas were moved onto Reserves
  • boundaries

    boundaries

    government officials created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today
  • Immigration Restriction Act

    Immigration Restriction Act

    restricted migration to people primarily of European descent
  • freedom

    freedom

    federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines
  • Aborigines

    Aborigines

    Under several Australian government programs that continued into the 1970s, the government removed Aboriginal children from their families and sent them to white families and church-run institutions for cultural reprogramming.
  • voters act

    voters act

    Australia Act -- all legal ties with the British Empire were severed
  • independence

    independence

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