significant Events that Lead to the colonisation of Australia

By DALmcilvee

  • The first fleet arrived in Australia

    in 1788 the first fleet had arrived in Australia from there painful journey

  • The Highland Clearances

    Yhe highland clearances took place in the late 1700s and the early 1800s ,when many crofters (farmers) and their families were evicted from their farms and homes.

  • The Irish Potato Famine

    Ireland was devasted by a potato famine. The potatoes leaves grew to become black and they rotted the potatoes. the disease spreaded at 80km per week .

  • The Industrial revolution

    By 1850 England ahd became the first industrialized country in the world .Over half of the populaation lived in london and other cities.

  • the potato famines end

    in 1851 the irish potato famine had ended leaving many dead crops

  • wools price has risen

    By 1800 the price of wool has risen and landowners saw a chance to make money by owning sheep . At this time there were 380,000 sheep in the highlands of scotland . By 1880 this had risen to 2 million sheep.