Australia

History of Australia

By Dshuler123
  • Mar 20, 1111

    Migration

    Migration
    The first people(or inhabitants) of Australia were the aborigines. They first migrated 60,000 years ago.

  • Exploration of British

    Exploration of British
    In the late 1700s, Captain James Cook claimed Australia and New Zealand for Great Britain.

  • Colonization Starts

    Colonization Starts
    The british finally settled Australia in 1788.

  • British Settlement Grows

    British Settlement Grows
    The British Settlement grew in the 1800s.

  • Letter to queen

    Letter to queen
    Aborigines send a letter to Britian Queen Victoria describing the living conditions.

  • Gold Rush

    Gold Rush
    In 1851, colonists found gold and the British population grew tremendously.

  • Conflict

    Conflict
    The British forced the Aborrigines off their land but a fight broke out between the two.

  • British still controls

    British still controls
    By the early 1900s, Japan, the U.S., France, and Great Britain controlled most of the Pacific islands but British still control Australia.

  • Independence

    Independence
    In the early 1900s, Australia and New Zealand both Gained their independence peacefully.

  • Assimilation and Ethnocentrism

    Assimilation and Ethnocentrism
    The british practiced forced asiimilation and ethnocentrism against the Aborigines.