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The Steam Engine Part 1/3
The reason why they invented a steam engine is because of the rising demand for coal which is used to heat homes and other buildings. Coal mines became deeper as more coal needed and the amount of water that drained into the mine had to be pumped out which took extremely long. -
The Steam Engine Part 2/3
Effect:
Because of the steam engine that Thomas Savery invented, they saved on labour and increased production. They were also able to use a cheaper fuel like wood instead of using coal which is obviously more expensive than wool. His invention was used like a vacuum which was efficient as it sucked more water out the mine shaft through a bottom valve. -
The Steam Engine Part 3/3
To get more information about the steam engine and to also learn about the history of steam engine; you can visit the sites below.
http://www.egr.msu.edu/~lira/supp/steam/
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsteamengine.htm -
Captain Cook's discovery Part 2/3
After the discovery of the new land Australia, the British government were so keen to exploit after it lost control of the American colonies. The First colony at Sydney was a creation of that spirit of enlightenment. They gave criminals a second chance to reform. -
Captain Cook's discovery Part 3/3
You can get more information on the website below and it is also the Bibliography for this research:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/the-impact-of-captain-cooks-discovery-of-australia-in-1770/14204.html
http://www.captcook-ne.co.uk/ccne/timeline/voyage1.htm -
Captain Cook's Discovery Part 1/3
During the mid-17th century, Captain James cook was chosen one to lead a voyage to the South Seas to witness the Transit of Venus and to secretly search for the mysterious Great Southern Continent. During the expedition, Captain Cook discovered East of Australia by accident. -
Involuntary Migration 1/3
Cause:
British people transported its criminals from their overcrowded jails to the British colonies in America, until the American Revolution which lasted 13 years. After the Revolution, the United States negated to accept prisoners. Britain then had to find another place to send the criminals and Joseph Banks suggested Botany Bay, and this was accepted. -
Involuntary Migration 2/3
Effect:
Because they were forced to migrate to Australia, when the convicts arrived to Australia, they had to do heaps of work. This work included clearing trees, putting up tents, unloading stores and animals, and sow vegetable seeds and corn. -
Involuntary Migrations 3/3
To get more infornmation about the involuntary migrations and first fleet at the same time, you can visit the website below:
http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-14_u-179_t-524_c-1953/the-first-fleet-the-process-of-colonisation/nsw/history/the-arrival-of-the-british/aboriginal-colonisation-and-contact
This website is also my bibliography. -
The Enlightenment Part 1/2
The cause of the Enlightenment was the expansion of new thoughts. These thoughts went against the Church’s teaching. Most of the people who created this new ideas were on trial and imprisoned and this idea was rejected by the Church. Nicholas Copernicus is the one person that helped create new ideas. His ideas stated that the sun was the centre of the solar system which went against what the Church taught. The Church taught that the Earth was the centre of the Solar System. -
The Enlightenment Part 2/2
Because of the Enlightenment time, it is now known that the earth revolves around the sun. This was proven by Nicolaus. These controversial ideas changed the way we think about science. Nicolaus even started the scientific revolution that made advancements for us all over the world.
To learn more about the Enlightenment, you can visit the website here: http://rachsglobal10.wikispaces.com/Causes+%26+Effects+of+the+Enlightenment -
The Second Fleet Part 3/3
Majority to the people who did not die on the voyage, they were that ill that they weren’t able to walk.
To get more information, you can visit this following websites:
http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/ifhaa/ships/2ndfleet.htm
http://www.australianhistory.org/second-fleet
http://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/content.php?pid=400401&sid=3291414 -
The Second Fleet Part 1/3
The Second Fleet consisted of six ships. Four of them are transport ships and two are store ships. These ships are named Guardian, Justinian, Lady Juliana, Surprize, Neptune and Scarborough. The Lady Juliana ship only carried women and by the time it arrived in Sydney, the female population doubled up. -
The Second Fleet Part 2/3
The conditions of the second sleet ships were tremendously bad. Convicts were mistreated and had little to no food were given and a lot of people ended up getting sick. 278 people died with just five transport ships unlike the first fleet having only 48 people died in eleven ship. The reasoning of this terrible conditions was that the ships were contracted out to private contractors who did not care spending money to treat people well. -
World War One - Assassination of Franz Ferdinand 1/3
Franz Ferdinand decided to visit Sarajevo on the 28th of June 1914. A Serbian terrorist group, called The Black Hand, had decided that this would be the perfect time to assassinate the Archduke. The terrorist group positioned seven young men along the route that the car of Franz Ferdinand would follow. -
World War One - Assassination of Franz Ferdinand 3/3
Another terrorist, took the opportunity to step forward and fired two shots. The first shot hit the pregnant Sophie in the stomach, she died almost instantly. The second shot hit the archduke in the neck and he died a while later.
To get more information about the Assasination visit the follow sites below:
http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/harrachmemoir.htm
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World War One - Assassination of Franz Ferdinand 2/3
After the first two unable to throw their grenades because of busy crowd, the third one successfully throwing his grenade hitting the back of the car, injuring Franz Ferdinand’s attendants and was taken to hospital. However, after lunch at the City Hall, on the way to the hospital the driver realised he took a wrong turn and began to reverse it. -
World War I Starts (3/3)
To get more information about WWI, visit the following websites below:
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/cliffsnotes/history/how-did-world-war-i-start-and-end
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World War I Starts (1/3)
The cause(s) of World War I are complicated unlike the causes of the Second World War, where the remorseful party was plain to all, there is no such transparency. Germany has been accused because they invaded Belgium in august 1914 when Britain has promised to protect Belgium. However, the street festivities that accompanied the British and French announcement of war gives historians the impressing that the move was popular and politicians tend to go with the popular mood. -
World War I Starts (2/3)
After the official end of World War 1, its sweeping effects resonated in the world for years in the forms of changing politics, economics and public opinion. Several countries began to adopt more liberal forms of government, and a hostile Germany, who was blamed for starting the war, was forced to pay for a large deal of war compensations, which led to the start of World War II. As Europe fells in debt from the cost of the war, inflation spread and overwhelmed the continent. -
The Palestine Front 2/3
From late 1914 until the mid-1915, the British force stood on the defensive along the Suez Canal defeating several Turkish and German attempts to capture or damage the canal. A very important victory was gained in the August 1916, at Rumani (near the coast), which relieved the canal position. -
The Palestine Front 3/3
The British began to build railways and supply roads along the coastal plain at this time, both of which were prove vitally important when two years later it was crucial to provide for a larger force advancing into Palestine. To get more information about the war, visit the follow websites:
http://www.ww1-israel.org/BRPortal/br/P102.jsp?arc=128156
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/palestine-campaign -
The Palestine Front 1/3
The land covered by the campaign contrasts in widely in terms of landscape. The most important feature affecting the fighting were the narrow coastal plain from the Suez Canal area which stretches northwards past Gaza and Jaffa. The Suez Canal was a vitally important supply route for the British Empire during WW1. All equipment, foodstuffs, minerals and other provisions were passed through this route. -
Gallipoli War Part 2/3
Effect:
There were no winners and losers in the Gallipoli War. Both sides lost significant amount of soldiers. Turkey was no longer able to assist Russia with what they needed as Turkey lost significant amount of weaponries, supplies and people because of the Gallipoli war. -
Gallipoli War Part 3/3
To find more information about the war, you can visit the website below:
http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/History-in-Focus/WWI-Gallipoli -
Gallipoli War Part 1/3
Cause:
The Gallipoli campaign was an ineffective attempt by the Allied Power to control the sea route from Europe to Russia so that no other naval vessels from other countries that aren’t allied with them would go through the route during the World War I. The campaign began with an unsuccessful naval attacked by the British and French naval vessels on the Dardanelles. -
Battle of Fromelles Part 1/3
What cause this ferocious battle was to attempt to stop the Germans from moving troops away from this sector to the Battle of the Somme that was being fought approximately fifty miles to the south of Fromelles. Fromelles was an area where it was seen as a ‘quiet’ sector where Germans would move their troops around with some comfort. -
Battle of Fromelles Part 2/3
Because of this battle, it left some devastating effects. The Australians was forced to withdraw and the 5th Australian Division suffered 5,553 casualties while the Germans only lost little more than 1,000. The 61th British Division also suffered little numbers with 1,547 comparing to Australia. With the numbers of casualties, Australia suffered the most out of the other countries or umpires who fought in this battle. -
Battle of Fromelles Part 3/3
To know more about the Battle of Fromelles, you can visit the following sites below:
https://www.awm.gov.au/units/event_159.asp
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battle_of_fromelles.htm -
Voluntary Migration Part 2/2
More Information at Peasonplaces History 9 eBook
Bibliography: Pearson History 9 (from the notes we had to take) -
Voluntary Migration Part 1/2
The reasoning of people volunteering to migrate to Australia is that many single men were attracted to the wide open spaces that Australia has/had to offer. They also thought of owning enough land to become wealthy by growing crops and selling or trading them somewhere else.
Because of the amount of single men volunteering to migrate to Australia, there was a huge gender in balance and that the government had to set up a bounty scheme so that they could bring more women or more couples.
