What are facts about the continent of australia?

Answer 1

Australia became part of the British Empire in 1770 when James Cook charted the eastern coast, claimed it for Britain and named it "New South Wales". However, it did not fully become part of the British Empire until the British returned and made a more positive claim by landing the First Fleet in 1788. However the western half of the continent named "New Holland" by William Dampier, was unclaimed by Britain until 1828 when it was annexed to New South Wales.

Australia was used by Britain as an outdoor prison as its own were full and overcrowded.

Britain took gold, wool and other materials and resources from Australia.

Britain brought rabbits and the English language to Australia.

Australia was never really separated from Britain until the 1960s.

Answer 2

-First European to sight the Australian coast in 1606

-First settlement (Modern day Sydney) was founded in 1788.

-First rebellion in Australia followed by the Battle of Vinegar Hill in 1804.

-The Rum Rebellion in 1808

-Governor Macquarie leads Sydney to develop social and economic development in 1820s

-The Battle of Pinjarra in 1833

-The Myall Creek Massacre and the Waterloo Creek Massacre both in 1838

-Discovery of gold in Victoria leads to a gold rush with a large influx of immigrants in the 1850s.

-Battle of the Eureka Stockade was fought in 1854, considered to be the beginning of democracy in Australia.

-In 1855 Australia developed the secret ballot which is now used worldwide today.

-The Bushranger era between 1850 to 1870 where over 2000 outlaws roamed the countryside forming gangs. Most famous bushranger Ned Kelly.

-The Sydney riots of 1879.

-In 1884 the largest battle ever fought in Australia occured in Queensland called the Battle of Battle Mountain.

-In 1894, the state of Queensland was on the brink of civil war as unions formed heavily armed camps to stop government forces from brining in cheap labour during the Great Australian Shearers Strike. Many skirmishes, attacks on ferrys and farms, occured during this time.

-In 1895 women in Australia were the first in the world to be able to vote and to stand for parliament.

-1901 is the year of Federation of the states of Australia.

-Australias involvement in the Boer War 1899-1903.

-Australia makes the worlds first feature film- Story of the Kelly Gang in 1906

-Australia in WW1, 60,000 Australians dead.

-Spainish Flu Pandemic kills 12,000 Australians in 1919.

-The Victoria Riots of 1923

-Great Depression hits Australia particularly hard.

-Australia pioneered the worlds first air ambulance.

-The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens in 1932.

-Don Bradman scores a world record with 453 runs.

-Australia in WW2, 40,000 Australians dead and 1 million serve.

-A fierce battle erupted in the capital city of Brisbane known as the Battle of Brisbane with similar battles occuring in Perth and Melbourne. (WW2)

-The Bombing of Darwin, Broome, and Townsville. (WW2)

-Submarines bomb Sydney killing dozens.(WW2)

-In 1951, 17000 Australians fight in the Korean war.

-Australia fights in the Malaya Confrontation and the Indonesian Confrontation

-In 1963 PM Harold Holt mysteriously 'drowns' off Cheviot Beach, Victoria.

-Fremantle prison riots of 1976.

-Australia fights in the Vietnam War with 60,000 serving and 600 dead,3000 wounded.

-The Sydney Opera House was opened in 1973.

-Civil Rights Movement of the 70s

-Massive flooding in Brisbane in 1974

-The 1975 Australian Constitutional Crisis.

-Australia fights in the Gulf War of 1991.

-The so called History Wars of the 1990s

-The Storming of Parliament House 1996

-The Sydney Olympics in 2000.

-Australia fights in the Afghanistan and later Iraq wars 2001 and 2003.

-The Macquarie Fields Riots of 2005

-The Melbourne Gangland War (1998 to 2010)

-Black Saturday in 2008 kills over 200 Australians.

-Australias first female PM Julia Gillard comes to power in 2010.

-The Queensland Floods

-Cyclone Yasi slams into Queensland, it is the largest cyclone in Australias history.

Answer 3

Australia is the only continent, that has a settled population, that is one nation. All the other continents are made up of various nations. Also, Australia is the only island continent in the world. The flora and fauna of Australia is distinctive and unique. It is the only populated continent in the world, that has not had experience of civil war or extreme social uprising or revolution. Australia's indigenous people are the longest living culture in the world. Australia is one of the oldest, geographically, places in the world. It is the most arid (populated) continent, that has the most arid state (South Australia) and most arid capital city (Adelaide).

Answer 4

it is know as the smallest continet in the world

Answer 5

That for all the power the prime minster has in our system, the office is not mentioned at all in the constitution.

Answer 6

There are many historical facts about Australia. See the related question.