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The True History of Australia

By isjlee
  • First Arrivals
    70,000 BCE

    First Arrivals

    The mungo men arrived in Australia and now is called the indigenous Australians.
  • Period: 70,000 BCE to 30,000 BCE

    Evidence of civilized life in Australia

    Discovery of bone and artifacts.
  • The Mungo man
    50,000 BCE

    The Mungo man

    The mungo man was the oldest human discovered according to the anthropologists that had found him and was the first mungo man to be discovered outside of Africa. It was estimated that he died in his forties. The man was measured to be just below six feet tall and had two teeth taken out. The archaeologists with the indigenous park rangers said that it was taken out in a traditional ceremony. Their was also that he had worn out teeth from making tools and string nets.
  • Animals in Australia
    50,000 BCE

    Animals in Australia

    The animals in Australia were left in isolation for 60,000 years until the indigenous Australians arrived .
  • Rock paintings and maps date back to 30,000+ years.
    30,000 BCE

    Rock paintings and maps date back to 30,000+ years.

    The maps carved or painted on rocks and walls lasted lasted for a long time.
  • Period: 30,000 BCE to

    Prior to British arrival

  • Evidence of maps directing Indigenous Australians to waters and villages.
    25,000 BCE

    Evidence of maps directing Indigenous Australians to waters and villages.

    Scientists found rock paintings and maps made by Indigenous Australians.
  • Water level rise
    20,000 BCE

    Water level rise

    The water levels rose about 130cm after the ice from the ice age melted.
  • The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution started in England so there were less jobs. People came to Australia to get a job so they could feed their family with clean water, clean food and shelter.
  • The First Fleet arriving at Australia

    The First Fleet arriving at Australia

    The British people arrived in Australia at Botany Bay Where the Kuring-ai and Eora nations lived clans lived.
  • Period: to

    British colonization

    British citizens started coming to Australia for jobs and homes.
  • The First Fleet leaving England

    The First Fleet leaving England

    The first fleet left from England on the 13th of May 1787 from Portsmouth
  • First communication between Indigenous Australians and British Citizens

    First communication between Indigenous Australians and British Citizens

    Bennellong was the first Torres strait Islander to meet Captain Cook and to learn the English and the British ways.
  • Bennelong died

    Bennelong died

    Bennelong die from old age and was buried at kissing point with his last life Boorong
  • Period: to

    Federation to now

    British people became nice to Indigenous Australians.
  • Sorry day by Kevin Rudd

    Sorry day by Kevin Rudd

    The Prime Minister at that time (Kevin Rudd) said Sorry to the indigenous Australians