-
First fleet
From 1788 to 1868 Britain transported more than 160,000 convicts from its overcrowded prisons to the Australian colonies. This is also known as ‘settlement’ or the ‘invasion’ as Aboriginal people had settled the continent thousands of years prior. -
Period: to
time line
-
Gold Rush
During 1851 to 1860 a lot of people migrated to Australia because of the gold rush.The main migrant communities came from England, Ireland , scotland, wales, china, and the usa. -
Suger Plantations
From 1860-1900 labourers Melanesian (Islands) were recruited to work in australia on sugar plantations. -
Federation immigration restriction act
This event made it very difficult for non english speaking immigrants to come to Australia.