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Luke D's Australian Colonisation Timeline

By ldowney

  • Early Explorers of Australia

    Early Explorers of Australia
    1606 William Janszoon
    1606 Luis Vas De Torres
    1616 Dirk Harthog
    1619 Fredrik De Houtman
    1644 Abel Tasman
    1696 Willem De Vlamingh
    1699 William Dampier
    1770 James Cook
    1788 Aurthur Phillip

  • Industrial Revolution causes

    Industrial Revolution causes
    1. Over crowded prisons 2.High unemployment in Britain
    2. Crime levels have increased
    3. They had nowhere to send their Criminals
    4. Famine
    5. Increasing of productivity
    6. Pollution Increase 8.Movement from Rural to City
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    Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution was when they started to bring machines into building and not using as much hand work.

  • Australian colonisation

    Australian colonisation
    When captain Aurthur Phillip claimed Australia as land for their extra convicts. He established the first British colony called New Holland.

  • Australia was chosen

    Australia was chosen
    Australia was chosen for dumping convicts because all the prisons in England were full and could not send them to America any more because they had lost the American Civil War.
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    NSW owned most of Australia

    This was when Australia owned most of Astralia and pushed Western Australia aside. NSW took 3/4 of the land while Werstern Australia only took 3/4.

  • Van Diemens Land Separates from NSW

    Van Diemens Land Separates from NSW
    Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) Separated from NSW because of the force of the techtonic plates smashing together to sink the connecting piece. The connecting piece still remains underwater.

  • Britain claimed whole of Australia

    Britain claimed whole of Australia
    Britain claimed the whole of Australia after establishing the colony of Western Australia.

  • Colanisation of Western Australia

    Colanisation of Western Australia
    Western Australia was last to be colonised. Now the whole of Australia is officially owned by Britan.

  • Colonisation of Victoria

    Colonisation of Victoria
    The NSW colony split in two with one heading south to where Tasmania broke off. They named it Victoria Known as VIC. The Colony was found by John Bateman and called the state Melbourne.

  • The Gold Rush

    The Gold Rush
    The gold Rush was found in Bathurst. This helped NSW to grow more wealthier and Richer than any other country. They brought the gold back to Britain every time they called for it.
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    American Civil War

    The Amirican Civil War was when the Americans got tired of the British dumping their convicts on American Territory. So they fought for their land back.

  • Colonial Borders

    Colonial Borders
    The Colonial Borders had been finalised. The Continant of Australia was now homed to six different Colonies each with its own administrations.