1. Australian History

2. The First People

3. The Aboriginal people lived in Australia for 40 000 years.

4. The Aborigines made weapons, hunted
kangaroos and ate berries.

5. European Colonisation

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.

15. Becoming a Country

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