The Aboriginal people never did invade Australia, The British people did. Aboriginal people roamed Australia long before the British/white people did. (:
James Cook raised the British flag on Australia's eastern coast in 1770.
from WikiPedia:Catholicism arrived in Australia with the British First Fleet in 1788. The first Australian Catholics were mainly Irish.
Australia, as a federation of states, officially came into existence on January 1, 1901. This date marks the commencement of the Commonwealth of Australia, when the six separate British colonies united to form a single nation. The federation was established through the passage of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act by the British Parliament.
Australia Day did and still does celebrate the landing of the First Fleet of convicts, soldiers and officers in Australia in 1788. It celebrates the raising of the British flag upon Australian soil with the arrival of the first settlers in New South Wales.
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The Aboriginal people never did invade Australia, The British people did. Aboriginal people roamed Australia long before the British/white people did. (:
The British and Irish Lions.
It was the year Australia federated and became a country rather than a bunch of british colonies.
The explorer who claimed the territories of the East Coast of Australia for the British Crown in 1770 was James Cook, who claimed this territory in the name of King George III of England. The name he gave to this territory was 'New South Wales'. The colonization of Australia by the British lasted from year 1788 to 1900, so, there were three kings and a queen who ruled the country and the colonized territories during that time frame: King George III, King George IV, King William IV and Queen Victoria, who ruled from 1837 to 1901.
Virgin Blue began operations in 2000.
1 January 1901
James Cook raised the British flag on Australia's eastern coast in 1770.
from WikiPedia:Catholicism arrived in Australia with the British First Fleet in 1788. The first Australian Catholics were mainly Irish.
Pretty much once the British colonized the place in 1788
Yes. Australia Day is held on 26 January every year. It commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet of British convicts and officers in Australia, in 1788.
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act was passed by the British Parliament in 12900.