THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA Early exploration

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THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAEarly exploration

• The native people of Australia are the
  Aborigenes. They have lived there for 60,000
  years.
• In the early 17th century, Europeans arrived, but
  they didn't settle until 17th and 18th centuries.

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British colonisation
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In 1770, Captain James Cook landed on the east
coast of Australia naming it New South West. This
area became part of the British Empire. The
British governament, in that period, started to
send prisoners to another country far away in
17th and 18th centuries was North America, but
when it became independant in 1783, Australia was
the perfect solution. In 1787, eleven ships
sailed to Australia from England half of the
people were convicts. They named the place where
they landed Sydney and there they started a
colony.
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Emigration in the 19th century

• Convicts were not the only people to go to
  Australia.
• From the 19th century, Britons and Europeans left
  their country to start a new life there

• Sheep farming became an important industry.
• In 1851, when they discovered gold, immigration
  incresead in 10 years the population grew from
  400,000 to 1.2 million.

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Britain and Australia in the 20th century.

• In 1901, Australia became a federation of
  colonies called the Commonwealth of Australia.

• After World War II, the Australian governament
  encouraged immigration to help build up the
  economy.
• During the 20th century, Australia became more
  independant from Britain even if the Queen is
  still Australia's monarch.