Australian history

By Babaisyoo

  • James Cook arrives

    He claims Australia for the British

  • First colony built

    In Sydney Cove
  • Period: to

    War with Pemulwuy

    He is one of the most famous Aboriginal resistance fighters in the colonial era

  • First free settlers arrive

    For a new life in Australia

  • Colony set up for convicts in Tasmania

    Free settlers soon follow

  • Victoria province set up

  • Half the people in australia were born there

  • Gold discovered in Australia

    More settlers arrive, population grows to half a million

  • 4 out of 5 provinces are self-governing

    They manage their own affairs while remaining a part of the British empire

  • Queensland colony created

    The last colony

  • 80% of people in australia were born there

    The 6 colonies meet up to draw a set of rules about running the country

  • All 6 provinces are self-governing

  • The "Commonwealth of Australia" is born

    All the territories for one 'Federation' with its own paliament, but the British remain head of state
  • Period: to

    The stolen Generations

    The children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent were removed from their families

  • Australia is completely independent of Britain

  • Minister Kevi Rudd apologizes to the Aboriginal Australian children of the "Stolen Generations"