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70,000 BCE
First Arrivals
The mungo men arrived in Australia and now is called the indigenous Australians. -
Period: 70,000 BCE to 30,000 BCE
Evidence of civilized life in Australia
Discovery of bone and artifacts. -
50,000 BCE
The Mungo man
The mungo man was the oldest human discovered according to the anthropologists that had found him and was the first mungo man to be discovered outside of Africa. It was estimated that he died in his forties. The man was measured to be just below six feet tall and had two teeth taken out. The archaeologists with the indigenous park rangers said that it was taken out in a traditional ceremony. Their was also that he had worn out teeth from making tools and string nets. -
50,000 BCE
Animals in Australia
The animals in Australia were left in isolation for 60,000 years until the indigenous Australians arrived . -
30,000 BCE
Rock paintings and maps date back to 30,000+ years.
The maps carved or painted on rocks and walls lasted lasted for a long time. -
Period: 30,000 BCE to
Prior to British arrival
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25,000 BCE
Evidence of maps directing Indigenous Australians to waters and villages.
Scientists found rock paintings and maps made by Indigenous Australians. -
20,000 BCE
Water level rise
The water levels rose about 130cm after the ice from the ice age melted. -
The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution started in England so there were less jobs. People came to Australia to get a job so they could feed their family with clean water, clean food and shelter. -
The First Fleet arriving at Australia
The British people arrived in Australia at Botany Bay Where the Kuring-ai and Eora nations lived clans lived. -
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British colonization
British citizens started coming to Australia for jobs and homes. -
The First Fleet leaving England
The first fleet left from England on the 13th of May 1787 from Portsmouth -
First communication between Indigenous Australians and British Citizens
Bennellong was the first Torres strait Islander to meet Captain Cook and to learn the English and the British ways. -
Bennelong died
Bennelong die from old age and was buried at kissing point with his last life Boorong -
Period: to
Federation to now
British people became nice to Indigenous Australians. -
Sorry day by Kevin Rudd
The Prime Minister at that time (Kevin Rudd) said Sorry to the indigenous Australians
