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The First Fleet Left England
The First Fleet left England on the 13 May 1787 to go and create a colony in Australia because England was way too crowded and there was no room in jails for people that committed crims so the British government sent 1,350 convicts. With 11 ships which include the Alexander, Friendship, Charlotte, Prince of Wales, Scarborough, Lady Penbryn, HMS Sirius, HMS Supply, Golden Grove, Fishburn and the Borrowdale. -
The First Fleet Arrived in Australia
The First Fleet led by Captain Arthur Phillip sailed in 11 ships from Britain to Portsmouth to Rio de Janeiro and then to the Cape of Good Hope and finally arriving in NSW. They arrived at Botany Bay from the 18 and 20 January 1788. The only group of people affected by this was the Aboriginals who were already settled in Australia and were living off the land in order to survive. When the convicts and settles arrived they fought the aboriginals for the land which led to a lot aboriginals dying. -
Australian Gold Rush
In 1851 gold rush finders occurred in Australia before 1851, but only found from 1851 onwards created gold rushes. This is mainly because before 1851 colonial government of new south wales found out that Victoria did not become a separate colony until 1 June, Tasmania did not became a separate colony until 1856. -
Australia Federation
Australia became a federation in 1901 because all 6 separate states including Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia wanted to join together to create a federation. -
World War One
World War 1 started on July 28th. Australia joined the war in in 1914 because Australia is a British and the British government needed support because they were losing. This led to the allied troops winning the war and Australia becoming a much more prided country. People from all over the world risked their lives to go out in the war and go fight. In World War One over 9 million people died of the nine million people that died 7 million were civilians. -
Today
The relationship between Australia and Britain is very strong. We have a lot in common, for example aspects of modern life, politics, defence, industry and science. We share not only the English language, but also poetry and theatre. Australians play many sports which began in England. Also the two countries enjoy a close sporting rivalry.
