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48,000 BCE
Ice Age
Australia's first Aborigines arived in the lands of Australia by boat from South East Asia. They were hunters and gatherers and estimated as 1 million accross the world. -
Arrival of the firsts settlers from Britain.
At the head of the expedition, the famous Captain James Cook and his crew arrived on the East coast. -
Arrival of boats full of European convicts.
The First Fleet brought 1500 people, which half of them were convicts in Europe. They arrived in 11 ships in the harbour of Sydney. -
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British colonization wave in the major cities of today.
In 1825, British settlers took the territory of Yuggera people, australian aborigines.
In 1829, Perth was taken by English settlers.
In 1835, other British settlers chose Melbourne, while a private British company settled in Adelaide. -
Discovery of lodes of gold.
Gold lodes were discovered in the State of New South Wales, near the city Victoria. Gold diggers flocked from the colonies and from China. There was a chaotic arrival of prostitutes, illicit liquor-sellers and enternainers from across the world. -
Australia became a nation
The six states that were separated became a nation, Australia, related each other with a common constitution. -
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Involvement of Australians during the World Wars
Less than 3 million men went in Europe in 1914 to fight as Allied. 400 thousands of them were volunteers and 60 thousands died.
During the Second World War, the Australian men who were fighting for the Allied made a significant contribution to the victory.
After the triumph of the Australians and their return in the island, Australia appeared proud of its armed abilities.
A lot of immigrants arrived in Australia from Europe and the Middle-East from war related causes. -
The Great Depression
Social and economics division appeared between the Australians. Many financial institutions and banks failed during the Great Depression.
During this crisis period, the only distraction of the Australians were the sporting heroes, who gained near-mythical status. -
A national referendum permitted the federal government to make laws about Aborigines.
In an atmosphere of political, economic and social change, the Australian inhabitants agree with the federal government to make laws on behalf of Aborigines and include them in future censuses of the population. -
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Rise to power of the Australian Labor Party leaded by Gough Whitlam
This party arrived to the power at the end of the post-war domination of the Liberal coalition. So, the liberal ideas are at the power until 1983. -
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Hegemony of the "Hawke-Keating" Labor party
They introduced some reforms, like deregulating the banking system and floating the Australian dollar. -
Election of the actual Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd
Rudd is from the Labor Party and he was elected with the goal of reforming the relationship of the Australian industry, taking measures about the climate change and reforming education and health sectors on his island.
