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The Discovery Of Tasmania
On the 24th of November 1642 Abel Tasman who was a Dutch explorer discovered Tasmania. -
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1760-1830 The Industrial Revolution
The industrial Revolution was when Britain discovered how to build and use machinery. During this time it was hard to find jobs as machinery did all the work for them. This made communication easier because their were things being invented to help them. -
Captain James Cook
On April 26 1770 Captain James Cook set foot on Botany Bay New South Wales. He was sent over to find new land as Britains prisons were getting full because people had to steal because most people had lost their job because of the machinery making it hard to find a job. -
First Convicts to Arrive in Australia
It took convicts 250 days to get to Australia. 100 people died due to the horrible conditions and diseases going around a the time. -
Sydney Cove Early January- January 26 1788
In early January 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip arrived in Sydney Cove. On January 26th Captain Arthur Phillip established the first British Colny in Australia. -
New Holland To Australia Late 1800's
Dutch people had already claimed our land and called it New Holland. The British people called the Eastern Coast New South Wales. In the later 1800's New Holland was referred to as Australia. -
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Northern Territory and New South Wales
Between 1825 and 1863 the Northern Territory was apart of New South Wales. Until 1863 they were under New South Wales rules -
The Swan River Colony Western Australia
The Swan River colony in Western Australia was planned to be a colony of only free settlers -
South Australia
The colony of South Australia was finalised. The significant contributors towards their colony was wheat, wool and copper. -
British Colonists
British colonists wanted more free settlers as they wanted their settlement to be based more on free settlers not just convicts. -
Adelaide
In late 1836 Adelaide became the centre of the new colony South Australia. -
Convicts
In 1840 there were more convicts sent over. Britain had to send over convicts because of the high level of crime and jails becoming full. The high level of crime was because people had no jobs because of all of the machinery during the industrial revolution. Some people could be sent over for something a simple as stealing a loaf of bread. -
The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush was when we discovered the first bits of gold. Thw first bits of gold discovered that people knew of was in Bathurst NSW. This made NSW look wealthier than other countries (states) -
South To North
Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills were the first explorers to cross Australia from South to North. They had 28 horses and carriages and 24 camels who carried 2 years worth of supplies to survive during their journey. The explorers died at the end of June 1861. -
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The American Civil War
The American civil war started when America decided that they didn't want Britains convicts anymore. Britain needed somewhere to put their prisoners so that was when the explorers came out and found New Holland (Australia) -
Colonial Borders
In 1863 the six different colonial Borders had been finalised. These Colonies today are now known as New South Wales, South Austraila, Northern Terreitory, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmainia and Victoria -
Western Australia Constitution
In 1890 the Western Australia Constitution ensured that the Aboriginie Welfare remained in the hands of the British Govournment. -
Federated Nation
In the 1890's free settlers that had moved to Australia wanted it to become a federated nation. This was because so many people had moved there so they thought they may as well make it a nation.
