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Snapshot of Australia's History: 1750-1918

By LC123

  • Lieutenant James Cook claims the East coast for Australia

  • First Settlement which is today Sydney

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    period of exploration, frontier war, and new settlements being built.

  • George Bass explored the coast south of Australia as far as Western Port in Victoria

    observations of the wave patterns and currents led him to believe that Tasmania wa a separate island.
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    Matthew Flinders sailed around Tasmania,

  • Mathew Flinders leaves England and leads ship to explore the "unknown coast"

    Southern coastlines of modern WA, SA and VIC. Journey around Australia took eleven months but he was imprisoned by French on his way back to england for seven years. His finding were only published in 1814.

  • 2 settlements est.

    1. mouth of Derwent river in Tasmania
    2. Port Phillip, near the modern Victorian town of Sorrento

  • Blue Mountains erossing -

  • Moreton Bay convict colony was est.

  • Edmund Lockyer land with 23 convicts & 20 marines

  • James Hentry landed on Portland Is.

    port used by sealers and whalers, Henry claimed it for grazing his sheep

  • Myall Creek Massacre

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    the Great Australian Gold Rush, the colonies experienced huge growth and immigration.

  • Black Thursday Bushfires

  • The Eureka Rebellion was an armed conflict which is attributed to as the birth of democracy in Australia.

  • Cheap labour began

    Used South Sea Islanderrs
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    considered the 'heyday' of the Bushrangers. It is believed that at their peak over 2000 bushrangers roamed the continent.

  • Lambing Flat Kioto

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    Boo and Bust

    Growth in population, wealth

  • Gold Rush

    brought many Chinese people

  • Melbourne was one of the richest countries in hte world

  • Cable tram systems began

  • Each colony had its own anti-chinese laws in place

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    Queensland is in civil war between the armed unions against government forces. Large skirmishes, attacks on wool sheds, and naval battles take place across the colony.

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    Australia fights in the Boer War.

  • Each colony had own postal system

  • Federation of Australia is the beginning of the Australian nation.

  • Federation

  • Immigration restriction act

  • all women in all colonies could vote

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    Australia fights in WW1 - Major battles include Gallipoli, Beersheba