https://padlet.com/0hifvdmmgk/5sufdmcg7q5v Australian History en-us 2018-04-04 06:46:20 UTC 2025-11-20 14:40:59 UTC hello@padlet.com 0hifvdmmgk https://padlet.com/0hifvdmmgk/5sufdmcg7q5v/wish/248385904 Between 1788 and 1868, over 162.000 were transportet from the British government to Australian penal colonie's. The British government was sending convict's to America in the early 17th. But when the American Revalution  began the British Government couldn't send convicts to America, and then James Gook  decided to make penal colonie's at the east coast of Australia. In 1787 the first fleet of convict's was send to Australia. And that was the way australia became affected by white peable, and then the hole thing with the Stolen Generation started 

]]> 2018-04-04 07:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/0hifvdmmgk/5sufdmcg7q5v/wish/248385904 0hifvdmmgk https://padlet.com/0hifvdmmgk/5sufdmcg7q5v/wish/249153746 It is said that there have been humans in Australia for 50.000 - 60.000 years but it was first 1606 that the Dutch captain Willem Janszoon. He reached west coast of the peninsula, Cape York, but he didnt attempt any settlement. In 1688 and again in 1699 the British explorer William Dampier reached Australia, (at that time it was called New Holland) but also he didnt attempt settlement. Finally in 1770 the british captain James Cook caim and claimed Australia for Great Britain. There was actually 7 expedition's to Australia before it got claimed in 1770]]> 2018-04-06 09:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/0hifvdmmgk/5sufdmcg7q5v/wish/249153746 0hifvdmmgk https://padlet.com/0hifvdmmgk/5sufdmcg7q5v/wish/249169165 1. More than 85% of Australian people live within 50 km away from the coast
2. Gina Reinehart, Australia's richest woman, earns $1 million every half hour, or $598 every second.
3.  Australia's first police force was made up of the most well behaved convict's 
4. In Australia, it is illegal to walk on the right side of the footpath]]> 2018-04-06 10:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/0hifvdmmgk/5sufdmcg7q5v/wish/249169165 0hifvdmmgk https://padlet.com/0hifvdmmgk/5sufdmcg7q5v/wish/249667142 In 1851 gold was discovered in Australia. It attracted alot of hopeful migrants and soon the first mining licenses came in Victoria. In 1854 the first diggers that owned a mining licens could vote and stand for parliament. Many think that this was the start of Australian democrazy]]> 2018-04-09 07:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/0hifvdmmgk/5sufdmcg7q5v/wish/249667142