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states
Tasmania: it is called Tasmania because ein 1642 a man called Abel Junszoon Tassman named the island after his dutch supervior Anthony Van Diemen.
Victoria: Victoria got there name after the queen of England. The first attempt to settle the area port Phillip Bay occurred in 1803, when Lieutenat- governor David Collins landed at Sullivan Bay to establish a penal colony similar to settlement in Sydney.
Queensland: Queensland was named after the queen of Britain. Aboriginal people were disposed -
the enlighment
What is the enlightnment?
The Enlightment is society and people bringing in new ideas and religions against people who have been with a religion for a long time.
What caused the Enlightenment?The Enlightment was caused because people wanted a change and a sort of democracy against the church and the king so they could bring in their own way of life and their own say in what they believe in and what they do. -
Female Convicts
Female convicts were transported to Tasmania (then called Van Diemen's Land) from 1803, when the colony was founded, to 1853, when transportation to Van Diemen's Land ceased. Some female convicts transported to New South Wales also made their home in Tasmania. This website is dedicated to all of these women, many of them our ancestors. -
Assination Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdianad ( heir to the austro-hungarain thorne ) and his wife, Sophie Duchess of Hohenburg, They were visiting Sarajevo to inspect the manoverous of the Army. As a motorcade passed thoughts the Streets, Gavrilo Princip a member of the Serbian group the black hand. Gavrilo Prinicip Shot and killed the Duke and his wife Sophie. -
1st of jan 1901
On the 1st of January, 1901 the states of Australia (SA, NSW, WA, VIC, TAS and QLD) drew away from their mother country to start their own government. This meant that Australia would now be an independent nationhood. Australia was on there way to being a nation on there own. -
Great Britain Declared War On Germany On The 4th August 1914
great britain declared war on germany on the 4th of august 1914 -
galipoli
on the 25th of april 1915, the anzac troops attacked ottaman ampires. the anzacs began their approach to their landing at z beach at 1:30am on the 25th, begin carried by ships, then trainferring to row boats intially towed by steamboats. most australians passsed away on the first day at z beach, ottaman empires were the ones that killed alot of the young australians. -
the americans are coming
on the 7th of may 1915, the passenger liner luitainian was suk by a german submarine during ab unreseticted u-boat compaign of the southeren coast of ireland. -
James cook's discovery of the east coat Australia
James Cook discovered the East Coast of Australia in 1770. James extended the land of the British Empire into the Southern Hemisphere. In 1778 the British settled in Sydney Cove then became part of the emerging New World. Part of the migrants of New South Wales often starved while waiting for fresh supplies from the nearest port that took up to six months to arrive. Because of the food coming in people started getting diseases in the Sydney Cove area. -
Free settlers
In the early years of the colony, very few settlers came to Australia. Free settlers had to fund their own transport and were usually quite wealthy. The few who made the journey to Australia did so mostly to make their fortune. They were often given large land grants and convicts to work for them. Some free settlers were not farmers, but doctors and military officers looking for a better way of life in Australia. -
Indigenous
Before the arrival of British colonisers in 1788, Australia was inhabited by the Indigenous peoples - Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, sometimes referred to as the First Australians. Aboriginal people inhabited the whole of Australia and Torres Strait Islanders lived on the islands between Australia and Papua New Guinea, in what is now called the Torres Strait.
There were over 500 different clan groups or 'nations' around the continent, many with distinctive cultures, beliefs and langu
