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50,000 BCE
First people arriving
The aboriginal people are the native inhabitants of Australia.
Being the first humans to arrive in Australia about 50,000 years ago; the Aborigines discovered Australia. They were the first human inhabitants of Australia.
They probably came from Africa or South East Asia. -
James Cook arrive in Australia
In 1770, Captain Cook 'discovered' the south east coast of Australia, landing in Botany Bay. On 22 August 1770, he claimed the whole of the east coast of Australia at Possession Island, naming eastern Australia New South Wales. -
Settlement of Australia
In 1786,Britain, assuming that aborigines had no claims to the land,announced that a settlement shall be made. Finaly, the first fleet of settlers arrive in 1788, most of them was convicts. -
Aborigine's removal
The settlers decide to move into Aboriginal territories. Most of the time, they settle there by violence. -
Gold Rush & the Eureka stockade
Gold was discovered in Australia As a result of Gold Rush settlement in 1854, immigrants from all over the world came to Australia for gold, which made this country very multi-cultured and unique.
The Eureka stockade leading to more democratic parliamentary representation. -
Australia becomes a nation
Australia's six states became a nation under a single constitution on 1 January 1901. The first prime minister of Australia was Edmund Barton.
The flag of Australia is a defaced Blue Ensign: a blue field with the Union Jack in the canton (upper hoist quarter), and a large white seven-pointed star known as the Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter. -
First World War
There were no a lot of of inhabitants in Australia, less than 3 million of men and almost 400 000 of them voluntereed to fight after United Kingdom enter in the war. After the war, the consequences were a very negative economic and social impact. -
Prosperity in Australia
After the Second World War,, australian economy rose a lot, a lot of jobs were created and a lot migrants came to work in factory -
Electon of the "Whitlam government"
The Whitlam Government, while highly controversial during its short tenure, is credited with the implementation of major reforms. Formal relations with China were established, the conscription laws were repealed, all remaining Australian forces were withdrawn from the Vietnam War, and tertiary education fees were abolished. -
Kevin Rudd's Apology
Kevin Rudd spoke to and for the Australian people about what he termed “this blemished chapter in our national history”. It was his first act as prime minister – opening federal parliament with the word Aboriginal and Islander people and a legion of non-Indigenous Australians had longed to hear: sorry.
It was an apology for “the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians”.
