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Industrial revolution
People move to the city for work after machines replace humans. -
captain cook visits a mysterious land named terra nullious.
He slautered a native and observes the barren soil he decides the land is not worth it and ignores terra nullios. -
The British government think of opportunities of colonising new Holland
The British believe Australia could help unlock trade with Asia and end the unemployment issues . The British also needed a place to sent convicts after the war of independence in America , and Asia would be allies. Space was also being taken up by factories and homes are impossible to find,so crime and disease takes over. -
The prisons are filled up to the rafters
Joseph Banks tells the government of a fertile green land and they make plans to colonise it. -
The convicts arrive in Botany Bay
The Soil was poor and there was nothing -
Captain cook sail up the coast and finds. the best harbour in the world
On the way back he sees French ships so he raises the flag immediatly -
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The goldrush begins
The gold rush bring people from all over the world and soon the Victorian population booms -
Farmers control half of Victoria's population
Farmers and local buiseness start to be th only ones making money as the gold Digging slows and the gold goes