beginning of australia

By dalwilsond

  • industrial revolution

    industrial revolution
    The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.

  • AUSTRALIA FIRST BEGINS

    AUSTRALIA FIRST BEGINS
    Australia is a country, and continent, surrounded by the Indian and Pacific oceans. Its major cities – Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide – are coastal, but its capital, Canberra, is inland and nicknamed the "Bush Capital." The country is known for its Sydney Opera House, Great Barrier Reef, the vast Outback (interior desert wilderness) and unique animal species including kangaroos and duck-billed platypuses.
    Capital: Canberra
    Founded: January 26, 1788
    Area: 7,692,024 km²

  • captain cook

    captain cook
    Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Wikipedia
    Born: November 7, 1728, Marton, United Kingdom
    Died: February 14, 1779, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, United States
    Spouse: Elizabeth Batts (m. 1762–1779)
    Children: Elizabeth Cook, George Cook, Joseph Cook, Nathaniel Cook, Hugh Cook, James Cook
    Parents: Grace Pace Cook, James Cook
    Siblings: John Cook, Mary Cook, Christiana Cook, William Cook, Margaret Cook, Jane Co

  • the irsh potato famine

    the irsh potato famine
    Ireland is in your hands, in your power. If you do not save her, she cannot save herself. I solemnly call upon you to recollect that I predict with the sincerest conviction that a quarter of her population will perish unless you come to her relief.
    Daniel O'Connell to the British House of Commons, 1847.

  • james esmond struck rich-27 kg's gold

    james esmond struck rich-27 kg's gold
    James William Esmond (1822-1890), gold discoverer, was born on 11 April 1822 at Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland, son of Michael Esmond, merchant, and his wife Mary, née Moran. He migrated to Port Phillip in 1840, worked on Westernport stations and then drove a weekly mail coach between Buninyong and the Horsham region. In 1849 he was stirred by news of gold in California and decided to try his luck there. He arrived too late to prospect much on his own as the best claims were occupied, so h

  • titanic

    titanic
    RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York City, US. Wikipedia
    Length: 269 m
    Construction started: March 31, 1909
    Launched: May 31, 191
    Weight: 52,310 tons
    Designer: Thomas Andrews
    Place built: Belfast, United Kingdom
    Builder: Harland and Wolff

  • the highland clearances

    the highland clearances
    The Highland Clearances (Scottish Gaelic: Fuadach nan Gàidheal, the "expulsion of the Gael") was the forced displacement during the 18th and 19th centuries of a significant number of people from traditional land tenancies in the Scottish Highlands, where they had practised small-scale agriculture.

  • gold rush

    gold rush
    RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York City, US. Wikipedia
    Length: 269 m
    Construction started: March 31, 1909
    Launched: May 31, 1911
    Weight: 52,310 tons
    Designer: Thomas Andrews
    Place built: Belfast, United Kingdom
    Builder: Harland and Wolff