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the encyclopedia
just over two hundred years ago the first volume of the encyclopedia was created. The Encyclopedia is a sort of handbook describing the ideas of the Enlightenment that became the most famous publication of the period. The publisher of the encyclopedia was Denis Diderot. The co editor is Jean d'Alembert. In 1772, after a quarter century, Denis Diderot produced the last volume of his monumental Encyclopedia. the encyclopedia has over 2 million articles full of useful imformation. -
the industrial revolution
the Industrial Revolution started in the 18th century in England, where the number of capatilists outnumbered those in other countries. During the revolution many people moved to the city to find work, as this happened the population grew bigger and bigger. This led to people living in crammed tenement blocks. There was no privacy and many families lived in one house. Running sewage ran down the street this caused diseases such as typhus and cholera. -
Early settlement in australia
The first free settlers to Australia arrived in Sydney onboard the Bellona on 16 January 1793.. Early free settlers were given free land grants of 30 acres for single men, with an extra 20 acres if they were married and 10 more if they had children. Convicts worked to clear the land for more migration. The Australian environment made life on the land a struggle for the early free settlers. -
First bale of Australian merino wool arrives inLondon
In November the Reverend Samual Marsden, owner of the third largest flock in Australia Arrived in England with a cask of his wool. The same year John Macarthur sent more than 400 lbs of his wool to england on board the HMS buffalo which sold at 45 dollars per lb -
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm came to Sydney in 1838 and she saw many women sleeping in the streets and bushlands.
Caroline was shocked by this. She then established a home for female emigrants and helped them find a job. In 1846 she had helped approximately 10 000 people find a job. -
end of transportation
In August 1840, an Order in Council prohibiting transportation to the east coast of Australia became effective. The last convict ship to arrive in Sydney as part of the old transportation system was the Eden, which arrived in late 1840. The idea of convict transportation was not, however, entirely dead. There were further attempts to revive it over the following ten years, but the existence of the system, as such, soon passed into history, and Sydney started to work at erasing the legacy of its -
growth of a working class
The expansion of Australian industry led to a demand
for shearers, drivers, fencers, herders, farmers, builders,
blacksmiths, tanners and general labourers. More workers were needed than those who were available.
A labour shortage during the period 1850 to 1890 resulted in relatively
high wages and good working conditions
In 1890, however, an economic depression
began, leading to widespread business closures and
rising unemployment. This caused wages to decline, as
workers began to compete wit -
the ashes
Before England's defeat at The Oval, by seven runs, arrangements had already been made for the Hon. Ivo Bligh, afterwards Lord Darnley, to lead a team to Australia. Three weeks later they set out, now with the popular objective of recovering the Ashes. In the event, Australia won the first Test by nine wickets, but with England winning the next two it became generally accepted that they brought back the Ashes.
It was long believed that the real Ashes - a small urn thought to contain the ashes of -
womans suffrage
The petition with some 11,600 signatures was presented to the Parliament by the then
Member for North Adelaide, the Hon. George Hawker, in August 1894, requesting that
women in the colony be granted the right to vote. The petition is able to be viewed in
Parliament House, Adelaide.
The Petition is commonly referred to as the Women’s Suffrage Petition. It is officially Petition
No. 38 of 1894 -
franz ferdinand
The assassination provided Austria-Hungary with an excuse to take action against Serbia. During July 1914 the situation escalated, pulling in the major European powers via the complex alliance relationships each had struck up with one another. The result was world war. -
Falkland islands
The Battle of the Falkland Islands. A Royal navy task force sinks three German cruisers that were victorious at the Battle of Coronel in November. Only the SMS Dresden escapes. -
Battle of Gallipoli
It took place at the peninsula of Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916.
A joint British and French operation was mounted to capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia.
