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Age Of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment, also referred to as the age of reason was the historical intellectual movement which established an authoritive system of knowledge and ethics in which the people have their own rights, freedoms and were introduced to various progressions of new schools of thought like science and rational thinking. There is little knowledge on the precise beginning of the age of enlightenment; the middle of the 17th century (1650) or the beginning of the 18th century (1701). -
Movement of peoples, Free settlers
May 13th, convicts, govenors and free settlers migrated to australia on the first fleet because of industrial revolution, oppertunitys were low and more people were starving and poor than ever before. Some ships arived at Botany Bay on January 19th, and some on January 20th. The arrival in Australia had pros and cons, colonisation was hard and slavery was enforced, white settlers were in charge and indigenous were to serve. More info at http://www.australianhistoryresearch.info/the-first-fleet/ -
First Fleet
The First Fleet is the name given to the eleven ships that left Great Britain, bound for Australia, on 13 May 1787. The journey took 252 days. The 1044 passengers aboard the ships included officers, their wives and children, some free settlers and 504 male convicts and 192 female convicts. The Fleet was sent to New South Wales in order to begin European colonisation in Australia. -
Second Fleet, Part 3
A storm arose and drove the vessel Northwood among the reefs of Broken Bay and the settlers could only watch in anguish, their joy now a painful suspense. Soon after the two other ships had arrived, although 200 out of 1700 had died and bodies tossed overboard and the community no longer threatened by starvation. -
Second Fleet, Part 4
Of the 1026 convicts embarked (928 males, 78 females), 256 men and 11 women died and the convicts on Neptune deliberately starved, the escaped convicts eventually turned themselves in to authorities and the others withered and perished of starvation out in the woods. -
Second Fleet, Part 1
The Second fleet, the name of the second fleet of ships, Lady Juliana, Neptune, Guardian, Surprize, Justinian and Scarborough. Which colonised supplies, settlers and convicts to Sydney cove in Port Jackson, Australia was intended to arrive at the destination in 1789, however, the escort failed to route and make the location and a convict ship delayed, but arrived 2 months after the others. The fleet had comprised six ships: A supply ship, four convict ships and a Royal Navy escort. -
Second Fleet, Part 2
Unlike the first fleet of ships which took great efforts to ensure the health of the convicts, the second fleet left them in horrific conditions and the sickly convicts were a drain on the already struggling colony. Due to the lack of food, the prospects of the colony at Sydney had grown very black, but a store ship suddenly appeared off the heads. There was great rejoicing at the sight of the ship, but was soon to horror. -
Movement of peoples, Convicts
During the late 18th and 19th centurys, mass amounts of convicts were transported to Australian penal colonies by the British Government. One of the main reasons for this was Britain needed to alliviate the pressure on their overburdened correctional facilities. Over the 80 years, more than 165, 000 convicts were transported to Australia. -
To Christianise and civilize
Missions were sent up to house and christianise lthe local aboriginal people. The missionaries encouragedd the aboriginals to move into settlements by offering them food sand shelter. Aboriginal nations have been devastated by disease and disater and the mission was to turn that around and join them into civilization.Many missionaries believed that doing this top the aboriginals will be providing them with the best means of survival, while other thought that the extinction of them was inevitable -
Movement of Poeples, Indigenous Australians
During the movement of the British free sttlers and the convicts, the Aboriginals were seen as lower class people and their land was reported as being terranullius and was taken from them. The Indigenous Australians were then enforced to slave for the British. Many Inginious Australians were killed and abused during these times but eventually the rules changhed and wh\enever a Englis, and if an indigenous killed and Englishmen they would be killed. -
How Tasmania and Queensland got their names
Tasmania
It was originally names van Diemen’s land by Abel Tasman after the governor in Batavia at the time when he first recorded it. It was renamed to honour Tasman in 1856
Victoria
Victoria was named after the Queen of England. The area around Melbourne used to be known as Port Phillip District until 1851, when it became independent of New South Wales.
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Working man's Paradise
Throughout the nineteenth century, Australia developed a reputation as a working man's paradise,a place that offered employment and the means to a comfortable life for all. This dream came to an abrupt end in the 1890s, when a deep and widespread economic depression affected the eastern colonies. Western Australia was the only colony that escaped, due to the wealth flowing from its goldfields. It was against this backdrop that the decision to become a nation was taken by all Australian citzens. -
Assassination Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
On 28th of June, 1924, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria and his wife, Sophie, the Dutchess of Hohenberg were assissinated, shot dead by Gavrilo Princip, a member of Serbian assassins called the Black Hand. Franz Ferdinand decided to visit Sarajevo, which is the capital of Bosnia to make an observation on the Austro-Hungarian troops there. Scheduled for 28th of June, The Archduke and his wife were to be driven by car to have lunch at the city hall before th inspection. -
Gallipoli Campaign
The Gallipoli campaign began when Winston Churchills simple idea to create another front to force the Germans to split their army to assist the Turks, making the Germans weaker. The effects of the battle were horrendous, leading to 96 973 wounded and 53 000 dead allies and over 170 000 casualties of the Ottoman empire. For further info visit:
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America Joins World War I
America joined World War 1 on April the 6th, 1917, up to this date, America had tried to keep out of the war, but traded with other countries before thwey joined. Unrestricted submarine warfare, introduced by the Germans on January 9th, 1917, was the primary issue that caused Amrica to join the war, they declared war on Germany on January 9th, 1917.
