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Before the first fleet a Dutchman named Willem Janszoon came and landed on Australian soil for the first time in 1606.
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October 25th 1616,
It was Raing down heavily as Dirk saw land and eventually made to the place that he described as "a safety area". He took shelter under the trees and made a fire. as he searched for a soft area he saw people dancing around a fire. Their skin as dark as charcole in the fires light. He observed their activities and movements. as he slowly edged forward the dark skined people seemed not to notice him until he asked somebody where he was. Obviously they didn't not understand as he -
Did not speak their native tongue and saw him as a white demon they pushed him back. He had to rest under a tree for the night and later the next he found the desert and left writing all of what had happened in a journal.
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William Dampier was in charge of the Roebuck. He set out for Western Australia.The Roebuck was a 26-Gun Shot battle ship
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On the 19th of April 1770 a young man named Captain James Cook accidentely found Australia after sailing to Tahiti on the 17th of April 1769
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On the 18th of January 1788 the first boat of the First Fleet arrived. Over 2 days more and more arrived. Eventually 1044 Europeans had arrived.
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Allan Cunningham was a botanist and traveled across Western Australia to get flower and research them for medicines.
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He reached Cape Leeuwin on 6th of December 1801. He ended up adventuring the You Yangs and the Geelong area.
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Hamilton Hume and William Hovel began adventuring on the 3rd of November 1824 and so came more things nobody knew about like rivers, and the shores of Melbourne
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Adventuring New South Wales and Victoria, William Hovel and Hamilton Hume found rivers and the shores of Melbourne
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He was requested to be in Sydney by the prime minsister of NSW. He discocovered gold.
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With his riches, Governor Edward Jonh Eyre Made two expeditions from Flinders Ranges to Ceduna.
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From Sydney to Port Essington was his journey and all because the London commision wanted him to. I say, was it worth it.
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Gold mine workers had bee working through the gold rush and many were unhappy with having to get a license for it so people started to make a rebelion and box the gold mine and the city with it. They're attitude being "If I can't have it nobody can!". so they began to build a wall and baricade themselves in. The workers couldn't get to it preventing anyone from getting the gold. the small army they had at that time was made to go there and
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there was a 2-day waiting period so it wcould be cleaned.
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Knock down the wall but it wasn't that easy. the people were ready, They had weapons too. The soldiers came with large weapons. They attacked with the first round of soldiers. but they were unable to defeat them yet. The people held on with bullet shredding through their bodies. Already 18 were dead. But more soldiers came and shot through the barracade.The last burst came from a twelve-pound cannon. the total of dead bodies was now 27. The soldiers got to the mines and opened them up again but
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The Chinese started coming around to Australia in the 1850s and stopped in the late 70s
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Ned Kelly. Hero or convict. Most thought he was a criminal but he did these things because the police were going corrupt and he had no money so he stole from transporting wagons. He was only stealing to feed his family as the police thought he was a common rebel. It was extremely scary when the police attacked the Kelly family as Ned was making armor that was completely bulletproof. Ned Kelly was shot in the groin before he was brought down. Ned was brought to the Melbourne Gaol and hung. His
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Last words were "Such is life".
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The first day of 1901 was great for Australia as it broke from the Europeans and becam a nation. With that came the first Pime Minister. His name was Sir Edmund Barton.
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The very first Australian election was of two people, George Reid and Edmund Barton. In the end it was Barton over Reid
