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The History of Australia

By anna.chen23
  • 70,000 BCE

    70,000 years ago

    70,000 years ago
    First modern people to leave south east of Asia to start this journey.
  • 55,000 BCE

    55,000 years ago

    55,000 years ago
    The first human to reach Australia by crossing the sea, from south east part of Asia and they spread across the continent.
  • 50,000 BCE

    Dream time

    Dream time
    Dream time stories passed down from 40 - 50,000 years ago was still around today.
  • 50,000 BCE

    Earliest beliefs

    Earliest beliefs
    Earliest beliefs, of afterlife made by Mungo Man
  • 50,000 BCE

    Earliest occupation

    Early Evidence of occupation, 50000 years ago, 50 times older that the pyramid of Egypt
  • 50,000 BCE

    Earliest tools

    Earliest tools
    Early record of knives and other types of stone tools from 50000 years ago by Mungo Man.
  • 40,000 BCE

    40,000 years ago

    Evidence from extinct animals from 40,000 years ago have been painted on the cave walls, which is kind of the oldest painting ever made.
  • 35,000 BCE

    Rock Carving

    Rock Carving
    Rock Carving that were at least 25 - 35,000 years old was discovered.
  • 2008 BCE

    Sorry speech 2008

    Sorry speech 2008
    PM Kevin Rudd made the sorry speech to apologize to the Indigenous Australians for what they did.
  • 1793 BCE

    1793

    1793
    The 'Bellona' brought the first immigrant free settlers
  • 1792 BCE

    1792, British Colonization

    1792, British Colonization
    Two French ships, L'esperace and La Recherche arrived in Tasmania, Recherche Bay. This was the time when France and England was trying to colonies Australia, they brought farmers, scientists, cartographer, gardeners, artist, who settled in Australia.
  • 1788 BCE

    1788, first fleet arrival

    1788, first fleet arrival
    After a sailing of 3 month the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay
  • 1770 BCE

    Australia first discovered

    Australia first discovered
    Captain James Cook first discovered Australia.
  • Period: to

    1851 -1860

    Gold was first discovered in the southeast region of Victoria, which started the Victoria Gold Rush.

  • Britain stopped sending convicts

    Britain stopped sending convicts
    Britain stopped sending convicts to Australia from 1868, it's estimated that 160,000 convicts were shipped to Australia between 1788 - 1868
  • Period: to

    stolen generation 1910 - 1970

    Many Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families.

  • Mungo man skeletons discovered

    Mungo man skeletons discovered
    Scientists discovered Mungo man's skeletons, which have been buried in a complex funeral ritual. In 1974