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History of australia
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first fleet landed.
The first fleet landed in australia and was under the british rule. -
Australia Day.
Australia Day is a celabration for when the first white poeple came to australia and took over. -
Australia.
On this date, new holland was to be changed to the name Australia, refferring to the continent. -
Gold Rush.
In 1851, Edward Hargraves discovered a 'grain of gold' in a waterhole near Bathurst. -
Eureka Stockade.
On this date the miners and diggers of ballarat built a stockade to defend their rights and to attack the troops as they had not listened to their petition about the 30 shilling every month for their digging lisences. -
Australian football.
The rules of the game football were hand written and by 1900 it was the most popular game in Australia. -
Stolen Generations.
children from all different aboriginal families were stolen by the australian federal ans state government angencies to make australia more 'pure' and also for 'child protection'. -
Melbourne Cup.
Melbourne Cup has been a public holiday since the first race was held in 1877 in Flemington grandstand. By 11am the grandstand had been filled to its capacity of 7,000. -
Ned Kelly.
After Ned Kelly and his gang of outlaws had been on the run for 2 years, Ned Kelly was captured anf hung in Melbourne Gaol on the 11th of November, 1880. -
Waltzing Matilda.a song written by
A song written by Andrew Barton Paterson about a swagman. -
Australia became a nation.
On this date of january 1, 1901, the six colonies had federated to form the commonwealth of Australia. Australia has maintained a stable liberal democratic political system with the role of a federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. The federal consists of six states amd several territories. -
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Edmund Barton.
Edmund Barton was Australias very first prime minister and was so for three years until Resigning to become one of the three judges in the high court. -
Olympics.
swimming was added to the olympics sports, and also women were allowed to represent their country. Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie were the first women to compete in the olypics. -
World War 1
On this date World War 1 had began. The allies had countries consisting of United Kingdom, Russian Empire, France, the United States, Belgium, Italy, Greece, Serbia, Romania and Japan. The Central Powers were the German Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria. -
World War 1 was over.
After this World War 1 had finished, more than 9 million combatants were killed and 70 million military personnel were mobilised. -
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world war II
This War included all the countries from the great powers, eventually forming two opposing millitary alliances the Allies and the Axis.
This war ended with japan surrending. -
American cup.
1983 was the first time it was won by a non american boat and it was called the Royal Perth Yacht Club, represented by the yacht Australia II, ending the longest winning streak in the history of sport.
