Josep Miquel Sala2n ESO A

1st QUESTIONo When was Australia

discovered for the 1st time?The history of Australia began when the man came to the Australia continent from the north for more than 42,000 years ago.

o When where the 1st white people sent there? Why?

British sailor Captain J. Cook made three voyages to the area between 1768 -1779.He claimed eastern Australia for Great Britain.

James Cook (1728-1779)

2n QUESTIONo What happened to aboriginal people when

whites landed in Australia?At first the relationship between the two races were peaceful, but as the number of British increases creates more problems.

3rd QUESTIONo Aboriginals- The term aborigines refers to

the indigenous (natives) people of Australia and they are one of the oldest groups of humans on the planet.

- They didn't have a written language, they communicate through symbols, drawings in caves, bark paintings and body painting, symbols to represent the natural.

PICTOGRAPHS / SYMBOLS

4th QUESTIONo What happened to half-cast children when both races

started to mix?As the British came to Australia began the problems:- The Europeans took more and more land.- This led to warfare (without being a fair fight, the British had

guns, while natives fought with spears).- The Europeans brought illnesses that aborigines weren't

able to cure.

Until the 1800s there were only 80,000aborigines.

5th QUESTIONo How is Australia nowadays? Does racism still exist? Do

black people live in the same conditions as white people?Australia is the smallest continent in the world, where Sydney is the largest city and should be noted the high level of education students, they have no particular religion and aboriginal language as their mother tongue (also English).There is practically no racism, people are more civilized and not discriminant or blacks or whites. They live all alike and continue their work hours.

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