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Australian History
The First People
The Aboriginal people lived in Australia for 40 000 years.
The Aborigines made weapons, hunted
kangaroos and ate berries.
European Colonisation
In 1770 Captain James Cook discovered
Sydney.
1788
On the 26th January 1788, the First Fleet
arrived in Sydney. There were 11 ships and
1400 convicts, sailors and guards.
1788-1800´s
160 000 convicts were sent to Sydney and other place in Australia. Aboriginals became prisoners, were killed or chased away.
1800’s New cities were made
People could buy land
No more convicts were sent to Australia
Each state had a government
1800’s
Big farms sold food
White men could vote
Gold Rush in 1951
Houses, schools, roads, railways, telegraph systems, churches, public buildings were built
Federation
Australia became a country.1901
White Australia Policy Only white people who could speak English
could come to Australia.
Becoming a Country
WW1
1914 Australia went to war.
In 1915 Australian soldiers went to Gallipoli.
It is famous because Australians looked after each other there.
Gallipoli and the ANZAC’s
WWII
Australians fought in Europe, Papua
New Guinea and North Australia.
1950’s - 2000 The Depression
Baby Boom – lots of babies were born
Melbourne Olympics 1952, Sydney Olympics 2000
Vietnam War
Political Changes; equal pay, women’s rights, aboriginal rights, end of White Australia Policy, Aboriginal Land rights
100 years as a country