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Social Reasons
Social Reasons why the British came to Australia
There was over crowding in the cities, The places were dirty and people from around town got sick. -
Economic Reasons
Death=Loss of economy,Poverty=Crime+more prisoners,Needed more Jobs. -
Political Reasons
Political Reasons why the British came to Australia
-To Send More convicts because they cant go to the USA anymore -
British Convicts
The convicts wore old dusty clothes that had holes and dirt on them, the convicts life wasn't as good as we live today they were treated as slaves and didn't have countable beds. They arrived and made a group on the 26th of January 1788 The last convict ship, the Hougoumont, left Britain in 1867 and arrived in Western Australia on 10 January 1868. In all, about 164,000 convicts were transported to the Australian colonies between 1788 and 1868 on board 806 ships. -
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The Over Crowed Of England
Life in England was very hard for the poor people.This was a time when the discovery of steam power had lead to new industries. Families left the the country and went to the cities to work in factories. The cities became overcrowded and dirty,Crime was on the increase and punishments for crimes where hash. -
The First Fleet
In March 1787, 11 Ships were assembled near Portsmouth in Southern England.Two were navy warships to guard the fleet against pirates and other navies and to keep an eye on the convicts themselves.Six were transports for the convicts, and three were stores ships all supplied by a shipping contractor, William Ritchards.The Navy ships would remain in New South Wales,The others would unload and then return to England,Some Via China to pick up cargoes. -
The Black War
The Black War was held in Tasmania it was the most intense frontier conflict in Australia’s history. Around 1000 lives were lost, but the loss of cultures and histories was far costlier. Had it happened elsewhere, the Black War would be common knowledge. Yet nearly two centuries on, most Australians know almost nothing about it. This Anzac Day it is worth reflecting on the price we pay for such ignorance.It was also when the Tasmanian People killed the Aboriginals. -
Bennelong
Benbelong was born in Australia in about 1764.He came from the Wangal people and was captured on the order of then New South Wales governor Arthur Phillip. Phillip was under instruction from King George III of England.On 24 November 1789, Phillip's men kidnapped Bennelong and kept him shackled in the settlement for the first few months of his captivity. Bennelong was finally released but chose to remain in the colony for six months to teach Phillip the customs and language of the Wangal people. -
The Gold Rush
During the Australian gold rushes, significant numbers of workers relocated to areas in which gold had been discovered. A number of gold finds occurred in Australia prior to 1851, but only the gold found from 1851 onwards created gold rushes.With the discovery of gold in 1851 and a booming economy, people began coming to Australia by choice. People came from many countries, the majority from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, America, China and Germany -
Governor Arther Phillip
Governor Arther Phillip was born on the 11th October 1738 in London,United Kingdom and he died 31st of August 1814 in Bath United Kingdom.In New South Wales in April 1790, Governor Phillip became ill and applied for a year's leave of absence. He renewed the request on the 25th March 1791 again on the ground of ill-health. -
Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook Born on October 27, 1728, in Marton-in-Cleveland,Yorkshire,England, James Cook was a naval captain, navigator and explorer who in 1770, discovered and charted New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia on his ship HMB Endeavour. He later disproved the existence of Terra Australias a fabled southern continent. Cook's voyages helped guide generations of explorers and provided the first accurate map of the Pacific. He died on February 14, 1779, in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii. -
The Wangal People
The Wangal people are the original Aboriginal custodians of the lands and waters of the current Municipality of Strathfield and surrounding areas of Sydney, New South Wales. Bennelong and his family are members of the Wangals. -
Eora People
The 'Eora people' was the name given to the coastal Aboriginal peoples around Sydney. 'Eora' means 'here' or 'from this place'. The Gadigal are a clan of the Eora Nation. Following the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, the British encountered Aboriginal people around the coves and bays of Port Jackson. -
The Aboriginals
Aboriginal Australians are legally defined as people who are members "of the Aboriginal race of Australia indigenous to mainland Australia or to the island of Tasmania. -
The British
By the 1770's, Great Britain had established a number of colonies in North America. The American colonists thought of themselves as citizens of Great Britain and subjects of King George III. They were tied to Britain through trade and by the way they were governed. -
Early Settlers
A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and established a permanent residence there, often to colonize the area. Settlers are generally from a sedentary culture, as opposed to nomads who share and rotate their settlements with little or no concept of individual land ownership. -
Colebee
Colebee was a worrier of the Gadigal clan at Port Jackson when the British flet firts arrived in 1788,The customs and lifestyle of the local Aboriginal people were broken down very early as the colonisers began to fish, fell trees and shoot kangaroos. This pressure on the natural resources resulted in people starving during winter and members of tribes took up Governor Arthur Phillip’s offer and moved into town, often sleeping and eating in settler’s houses. -
Governor Phillip Is Speared
When Bennelong left the British settlement, Governor Phillip was disappointed. However, four mouths later a group of officers met a large group of Wangal people feasting on whalemeat on Manly Beach.With a small party of armed soldiers Phillip immediately set off for Manly Beach with gifts,Governor met Bennelong on the beach. The armed British Soldiers remained in the boat just off sore.
