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Jails are Overcrowded (during the 1700's, no specified date)
During the 1700's Britain has a rise in its power and influence, however more and more citizens were commiting crime due to poverty etc. This meant more charges and jails being overcrowded. They even had to make harsher punishments for simple crimes such as stealing a loaf of bread. -
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Movement of People | Making a Nation | WWI
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Discovery (no specified date)
After exploring and mapping out New Zealand, Captain Cook's expedition was sailing towards Tasmania however the rough winds blew them towards Australia, where Captain Cook mapped out the entire coast of NSW -
First Fleet
On the 13th of May 1787. 11 ships full of convicts departed from Great Britain in order to settle and colonise what would be known as Australia in the future. -
Landing of F.F
The first fleet landed in Botany Bay on the 7th of January 1788, however the landing site was not safe enough so they decided to relocate at Port Jackson in Sydney Cove a week later on the 26th January. The 26th of January is now celebrated as Australia day -
Smallpox (no specified date)
In April 1789, a mysterious outbreak of small pox destroyed local indigenous tribes. With no evidence to show that it was not intentional, it is presumed that it was deliberate, however it was discovered that the outbreak occured in Sydney -
Squatters (no specified date/month)
By 1820, many of the residents of Australia from Britain has transformed most of the land they received from the government to farms. However this was not enough for some people. They would travel deeper inland to aboriginal territory and take the land that they saw was not being occupied. -
Gold Rush (no specified date/month)
Gold was discovered in New South Wales and central Victoria in 1851. This brought many adventurous people from all around the world as they believed this would assure them a better place in life. -
Restricting Chinese immigration (no specified date)
In June 1855, the Victorian government enacted a law which limited one Chinese person to immigrate per 10 tonnes of cargo a ship carried. All new Chinese arrivals were forced to pay an arrival of tax of 10 pounds. To avoid this, the Chinese started disembarking in Adelaide and crossing to Victoria. Eventually, News South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia placed restrictions on Chinese immigration. -
A Nation
Australia’s six states became a nation under a single constitution on 1 January 1901. This allowed Australia to become independent from Britain with internal affairs. Today Australia is home to people from more than 200 countries. -
Exclusion
Commonwealth Franchise Act of 1902 excluded indigenous people from voting and being included in the census. At this time Australians still believed that the Anglo-Saxon race was superior and was not until 50 years later that indigenous people were allowed more rights -
Assassination of F.F
On the 28th of Jun 1914, the Archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by people of Serbia in Sarajevo. This was a trigger for the war. With Germany already eager to engage in warfare on France, they just needed a reason and they finally did. The allied forces united and thus, WW1 started -
Posion Gas
During The Second Battle of Ypres, it when then that the Germans unleashed its first use of poison gas. This wiped out alot of the Triple Alliance soldiers that was fighting the battle. The posion gas was extremely deadly and painful which killed from the inside out. The Triple Alliance soon copied the posion gas in the future during WW1 -
The Landing
On the 25th of April, 1915 around 4am, the Anzac soldiers landed on Gallipoli to attempt to take control of on of the enemies base of operations that was impossible to reach on land, hence they tried a sneak attack on water -
Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun begins. The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War I and was one of the bloodiest. The Battle of Verdun caused over 700,000 casualties either dead, wounding or missing. The cause of this was because the German commander believed that Britain (strongest enemy) would be easily defeated if their closest allied force was destroyed (France) -
The End
On the 11th of November, 1918, the war ended with the Triple Alliance coming out victorious. This forever marked Remembrance day throughout history every year on the day the war ended. The allies overpowered the forces with clever rotations and strategies to attack Germany from inside out and give them no choice but to flee towards the coast where the navy was stationed. Stopped on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month,
