Australia's Colonial Past

By Rubd5a

  • 1780's

    1780's
    Cause
    1780-King George 3 sends the first group of convicts to New Holland to found the first colony at Sydney Cove. They assumed that the Aboriginals did not own the land and would step aside.
    Effect
    Aboriginal people are no longer the only inhabitants. The French colonising Australia. We inherited English religion, laws and values.
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    Australia' Colonial Past

  • sydney discovery

    sydney discovery
    Cause
    1790-Coal is discovered near Sydney.
    Effect
    It has become a vital nation resource, provide strong economic and employment

  • van Diemens land

    van Diemens land
    Cause
    1800-The British settled in Van Diemen’s land.
    Effect
    Risdon Cove, later renamed Hobart, was also the site of the first conflict between the local Aboriginal peoples and the newly arrived British sodiers.

  • new south wales bank

    new south wales bank
    Cause 1810- The bank of New South Wales opens in Sydney.
    Effect
    Everyone stated to use the same currency.

  • offical reports of gold

    offical reports of gold
    Cause
    182O-The first official reports of gold in Australia are received.
    Effect
    It was causing large influxes of prospectors.

  • first newspaper

    Cause
    1830-The Sydney Herald newspaper is first published.
    Effect
    People are going to what going around the world.

  • first sugar cane

    first sugar cane
    Cause
    1840-The first sugar cane is grown in Queensland.
    Effect
    It began the sugar indrestry.

  • gold rush

    gold rush
    Cause
    1850-The gold rush begins in Bathurst and Ballarat.
    Effect
    The califofnia became a state and everyone alot more place had gold and people got rich or stated faming. Schools were built as well.

  • explorers Burke and wills

    explorers Burke and wills
    Cause
    1860-Explorers burke and Wills begin their expedition to cross Australia from Melbourne to the gulf of Carpentaria.
    Effect
    When they got back to Cooper creak burke Wills and king found that the men who had been wating for almost 5 months, had left. Some food months, had left buried in a box and near a tree with a sign saying dig.

  • telegraph line

    telegraph line
    Cause
    1870-The overland Telegraph line connects Adelaide to port.
    Effect
    Can communicate with the vest of the world.

  • silver discovered

    silver discovered
    Cause
    1880-Silver is discovered at broken hill.
    Effect
    Created new indrestry and Employment.

  • banjo paterson

    banjo paterson
    Cause
    1890-banjo Paterson publishes the man from snowy river and waltzing matildas.
    Effect
    Gave Australia attention and more people visited