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spain explorers
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ned kelly
ned kelly was born in a poor irish family ned kelly grew up in harsh conditions when he got older he became a bushranger -
ww1
World War I was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918 -
captin cook
When the British first settled Australia at Port Jackson in New South Wales in 1788, they were only interested in the eastern part of the continent which had been claimed as a British colony in 1770 by Captain James Cook. He named it New South Wales -
chicken pocks
Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by primary infection . It usually starts with a skin rash mainly on the body and head and becomes itchy, raw pockmarks, which mostly heal without scarring. On examination, the observer typically finds skin lesions at various stages of healing and also ulcers in the oral cavity & tonsil areas. -
gold
convicts finding gold was a big surprise -
edward hargraves
edward hargraves grew up in sydney and worked as a publican and adventurer he traveled to california in 1850 Hargraves learned the craft of prospecting for gold with pans, cradles and evaxaition he noticed similarities in the Californian terrain with that of his Australian home. Unsuccessful in California, he returned to Australia, determined to discover gold. -
edward hargrave
Edward Hargraves was the man who would set off the first Australian gold rush. -
california star
San Francisco's California Star newspaper prints a six-page spread distributed in the east describing the gold mines in California as "extremely rich". -
mr peter lalor
mr peter lalor was the leader of the eureka stockade with out him they would of been lost he thought of the liscence burning and the fight where they lost 30 men -
farming. they started farming cattle in 1813
Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius. -
NSW council
The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then. Since 1901, New South Wales has been a state of the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Australian Constitution regulates its relationship with the Commonwealth. -
stop sending convicts
they stopped sending convicts because it was getting extremely crouded -
john marshall
John Marshall and his men were working at Sutter's Mill when a gold nugget was found. John Sutter, the owner of the sawmill tried to keep the discovery a secret so his workers would not leave his property in search of gold. However, the secret got out. -
miners tax
The California legislature passes the Foreign Miner's Tax, which says that every miner not from the United States must pay a tax of $20 a month. -
ed h
1851 edward hargraves came back from california started washing gold -
panning for gold
people came to australia to pan for gold some people found and some people did not they would normally pan near creeks and lakes if you found gold you would normaley screach "eureka" then you would go to a gold trader[assayer] and trade youre nugget for say 50 pounds if the assayer was generous mos assayers will rip you off -
eureka stockade
Discontent with the licensing system and lack of political rights came to a head in the Eureka Stockade -
queen victoria QLD seperate colony
Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III. Both the Duke of Kent and King George III died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German-born mother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. -
chinease people
chinease people come to australia because if you find gold in china you can not keep it you have to give it to the goverment -
st helena started work
St Helena Island is Queensland’s most historic island. This beautiful National Park is located four kilometres from the mouth of the Brisbane River and for more than 60 years was home to hundreds of society’s outcasts, for here stood colonial Queensland’s foremost maximum security prison for men. -
boggo road gaol
In 1863, land off Boggo Road was surveyed and set aside as a government reserve before being proclaimed a gaol reserve in 1880 The first cellblock opened on 2 July 1883
