Week 8 australian history a final
- 3. The Aboriginal people lived in Australia for 40 000 years.
- 4. The Aborigines made weapons, hunted kangaroos and ate berries.
- 6. In 1770 Captain James Cook discovered Sydney.
- 7. 1788 On the 26th January 1788, the First Fleet arrived in Sydney. There were 11 ships and 1400 convicts, sailors and guards.
- 9. 1788-1800´s 160 000 convicts were sent to Sydney and other place in Australia. Aboriginals became prisoners, were killed or chased away.
- 10. 1800’s New cities were made People could buy land No more convicts were sent to Australia Each state had a government
- 11. 1800’s Big farms sold food White men could vote Gold Rush in 1951 Houses, schools, roads, railways, telegraph systems, churches, public buildings were built
- 12. Federation
- 13. 1901 Australia became a country.
- 14. White Australia Policy Only white people who could speak English could come to Australia.
- 16. WW1 1914 Australia went to war. In 1915 Australian soldiers went to Gallipoli. It is famous because Australians looked after each other there.
- 17. Gallipoli and the ANZAC’s
- 18. WWII Australians fought in Europe, Papua New Guinea and North Australia.
- 19. 1950’s - 2000 The Depression Baby Boom – lots of babies were born Melbourne Olympics 1952, Sydney Olympics 2000 Vietnam War Political Changes; equal pay, women’s rights, aboriginal rights, end of White Australia Policy, Aboriginal Land rights 100 years as a country