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48,000 BCE
Arrivals of Aboriginal people in the continent.
Aborigines arrived by vessels from South East Asia 50.000 years ago. The population was 1 million Aboriginal people and they divised in 300 clans. They spoke 250 languages and 700 dialects. They lived in the Outback deserts and in tropical forest. -
Discovery of Australia
The Captain James Cook arrived on the east coast and claimed this territories for Britain. In the 17th century, a lot of european explorers explored the coasts of Australia. -
The Britain Settlement
The first settlers arrived in the Sidney Harbour on 26th January 1788 with 11 ships and 1.500 people. It was a penal colony. Britain government sent the convicts in Australia. The free settlers arrived in the continent in the 1790s. There was 160.000 men and women at the end of colonisation in 1868. -
Settlers push across the continent
The government gave farms in the continent to soldiers, officers and emancipated convicts.
They move deeper in the Aboriginal territories and they had often a gun... -
Gold Rush
Gold was discovered in 1851 in the states of New South Wales and Victoria. -
Independence of Australia
The 6 states of Australia united to become a nation with a constitution. There are 200 nationalities beeing represented in Australia. -
First World War
The Great War (1914 - 1918) was devastating for Australia. On the 3 million men in Australia, 400.000 of them go to fight with allies. There was 60.000 died and tens of thousand hurts. -
Second World War
Between 1940 and 1945. Australia gave a big contribution to the allied victory in Europeans battles, Asians battles and Pacific battles. -
National Referendum
All Australians voted "yes" to the federal government created laws about aboriginal Australians. -
Election of the Labor Party
The Labor Party of Kevin Rudd was elected in 2007. It promise changes in education and health sectors, reforms in the australians industries,...
