History of Australia

I think he had 1 child named Ann Flinder ( named after her mother)

Archer (1861 / 1862), Peter Pan (1932 / 1934) Rain Lover (1968 / 1969), Think Big (1974 / 1975) and Makybe Diva (2003 / 2004 / 2005)

Inspired by reports from Captain Cook's journeys, and wanting to be a sea adventurer and explorer after reading "Robinson Crusoe", Flinders came to Australia initially as an 18 year old Midshipman with Captain William Bligh in the "Providence", in 1792.

Ned Kelly's hideout was in the Wombat Ranges, near Stringybark Creek.

Matthew Flinders arrived in Australia in the 1790s and commenced exploring and charting the coast of the continent. Together with George Bass, he circumnavigated Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), proving it was an island separate from the mainland. Between December 1801 and June 1803, Flinders charted the entire coastline of Australia, adding valuable information to the maps of the time. Australia was previously known as New Holland, and Flinders first proposed the name "Terra Australis", which became "Australia", the name adopted in 1824.

Martin Cash was convicted in county Cork, in 1820, for jealously firing at a suitor to his young mistress. Soon after arriving in Botany Bay in 1828, he was working as a farmhand, innocently branding cattle, when he was told that the cattle were stolen. Cash immediately left for Van Dieman's Land with his partner Bessie Clifford. Twelve months later, after two false accusations which were dismissed in court, he was convicted for beating the arresting officer and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.

After two unsuccessful attempts at escape which added years to his sentence, Cash finally escaped and formed one of the marauding gangs in Van Dieman's Land - committing 'hold-ups, shootings, robberies, fights and brawls'. Eventually, after they falsely arrested Bessie, he was lured into Hobart town where he was captured.

• Ned Kelly (and his gang, Dan Kelly, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart)
• Ben Hall
• 'Mad' Dan Morgan
• Captain Thunderbolt
• Captain Moonlight
• Captain Starlight
• John 'Black' Caesar
• Jack Donohoe
• Matthew Brady
• Frank Gardiner
• John Gilbert
• Martin Cash
• Moondyne Joe

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Victor Chang was a pioneer in cardiac surgery, helping to establish the heart transplant programme in Australia. He helped to develop Australia's National Heart Transplant Program at St Vincent's hospital. He was a gifted surgeon and a humanitarian who organised for teams from St Vincent's to travel overseas to places such as Indonesia, China and Singapore to mentor medical personnel.

Britain did not oppress Australia, and force it to remain a colony. There was not the same violence as seen in the American War of Independence, and perhaps Britain wanted to avoid replaying this event.

The fact is that Australia had enough wealth and significance on the world stage by the beginning of the 20th century to make a successful bid for self-government.

the establishment of caravan routes.

yes. every Australian does.

On the contrary: the concept of Australia Day grates on many indigenous people of Australia. 26 January 1788 marked the beginning of mass dispossession of lands and tearing apart of families suffered by the Aborigines as a result of European settlement. So, no - not every Australian agrees with Australia Day.

There are not four main colonies of Australia. Australia has six states and two mainland territories, as well as seven offshore territories.

In Australia's colonial years, the four main colonies were Sydney, Swan River (Perth), Hobart and Moreton Bay (Brisbane).

Douglas Mawson died on the 14th of October 1958

Not very much at all -- Australia ( the Commonwealth of Australia ) was still considered to have a ' Colonial status ' .

That is the six separate colonies that were in Australia prior to ' Federation ' became the ' States of ' the Commonwealth of Australia and the Commonwealth itself became ' the Colony ' .

Section 8 of the Constitution Act ( of which the Australian Constitution is Section 9 ) states that it is the Commonwealth that is to be the ' Colony ' .

The lawyers Quick and Garran who helped write the Australian Constitution described Australia's Parliament as a ' Colonial legislature '

The British Parliament could ( if it had wanted to ) pass laws that would override Australian Law . That made the British Parliament still Sovereign over Australia .

However it was the policy of the British Parliament not to do so without consulting the Australian Parliament first .

It should be noted that at Federation all people living in Australia were and remained long after - British subjects .

People pollute by driving, cars emissions from the engine have a harmful affect on the society. Also cutting down trees have a ripple affect. It takes away animals homes which could lead to extinction. There are many others as well. Mining can also affect the environment.

The largest island in South Australia is Kangaroo Island.

There are no statistics available on how many people in Australia speak Italian. While it is certain that there are some who do, the national language of Australia is English, and those who speak other languages normally speak English in addition to any other languages they may speak.

Donald George Bradman was born on 27 August 1908 in Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia. He was, and is, one of Australia's most popular sporting heroes of all time, as he was a very skilled batsman.

Bradman grew up in the New South Wales town of Bowral, where he perfected his batting skills by practising hitting into a corrugated iron water tank on a brick stand behind the Bradman home: when hit into the curved brick stand, the ball would rebound at high speed and varying angles. Bradman's batting average of 99.94 from his 52 Tests was nearly double the average of any other player before or since.

Bradman was only 18 when he was drafted in grade cricket in Sydney. Within a year he was on the New South Wales state team, and within three he had made his Test debut. In the English summer of 1930 he scored 974 runs over the course of the five Ashes tests, the highest individual total in any test series. Even at almost forty years of age - most players today are retired by their mid-thirties - Bradman returned to play cricket after World War II. On 12 June 1948, he scored 138 in the First Test Cricket at Trent Bridge. In his farewell 1948 tour of England the team he led, dubbed "The Invincibles", went undefeated throughout the tour, a feat unmatched to date.

Bradman was awarded a knighthood in 1949 and a Companion of the Order of Australia, the country's highest civil honour, in 1979. In 1996, he was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame as one of the ten inaugural members. After his retirement, he remained heavily involved in cricket administration, serving as a selector for the national team for nearly 30 years.

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Perth was founded in 1829, and initially it was called the Swan River settlement.

In 1829, Captain Charles Fremantle was sent to take formal possession of the remainder of New Holland which had not already been claimed for Britain under the territory of New South Wales. On 2 May 1829, Captain Fremantle raised the Union Jack on the south head of the Swan River, thereby claiming the territory for Britain. The Swan River was the logical choice because it was a good port for ships.

The first Irish people in Australia were Irish rebels who were sent to the colony as convicts. There were no Irish rebels on the First Fleet, but there were on subsequent fleets, from the 1790s.

There are many valleys in Australia. The Great Dividing Range lies along the entire eastern coast and, being a mountain range, has thousands of valleys within it.

The valleys of the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, were so confounding to the early Australian settlers that it took them 25 years to figure out a suitable route over the mountains to the grazing land west.