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Frontier Wars
The Australian frontier wars were a series of conflicts that were fought between Indigenous Australians and British settlers that lasted 146 years. Relevance: All Australians should know about the event to understand history between the British settlers and the Indigenous Australians. Impact: The Aboriginal population was affected due to disease, infertility, loss of hunting grounds and starvation. Consequence: Approximately 20000 Indigenous Australians and 2500 Europeans that died. -
Gold Rush
Brought a large number of Australian + overseas workers 'rush' to Australia to find gold in different parts of the country.
Relevance: All Australians should know about this event as it has shaped the Australian economy to what it is today.
Impact: Over 370,000 migrants arrived in Australia. Economy boomed. Population tripled: 430,000 (1851) to 1.7million (1871).
Consequence: Start of multiculturalism. In 1861, 3.3% of the population were Chinese immigrants who migrated for the gold rush. -
Burke and Wills
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Advent of rail
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Eureka Stockade
Relevance: The Eureka Stockade was a rebellion started by the gold miners ('diggers') in Ballarat, Victoria against the government to challenge licence policies and mining laws. Birth of democracy.
Impact: Mass public support for the captured rebels in the colony's capital of Melbourne when they were placed on trial resulted in the introduction of the Electoral Act 1856.
Consequence: The Eureka Stockade resulted in 27 deaths (22 rebel diggers, and five officials) -
Expansion of farming
By 1860, after 70 years of European farming settlement, there were 1.2 million acres (or 480,000 hectares) under crop and livestock numbers had increased to 25 million head. -
Drought
