Colonization to independence

By lisonbdn

  • Captain cook

    claims Australia for the British

  • First penal colony

    built in Sydney Cove

  • First free settlers

    arrive for a new life

  • Tasmania

    New colony set up for convicts on Tasmania. Free settlers soon follow.

  • Half of the population

    living in Australia were born there

  • self governing

    All six provinces or territories are "self governing".

  • Victoria

    A new province is set up and called Victoria because of the British Queen.

  • Gold discovered in Australia

    even more settlers arrive. Population now nearly half a million.

  • Self government

    four of the five provinces of Australia granted "self-government". They manage most of their own affairs but are still part of the British Empire.

  • Queensland

    last colony to be created, comes into existence

  • Australian federation convention

    80% of people in Australia were born there. Te 8 colonies meet to draw up a set of the rules about how to run Australia as a united country, independent of Britain.

  • Commonwealth of Australia

    All the territories form one "Federation" with its own Parliament. The British monarch remains the head of state.