History of Australia

Some very significant dates are - 1770 - Captain Cook discovers the east coast of Australia 1788 - The First Fleet arrives 1901 - Federation of Australia 1915 - ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli 1939 - Black Friday bushfires 1975 - Constitutional crisis after Whitlam government sacked 1983 - Ash Wednesday bushfires

Robert Menzies became Prime Minister of Australia (for the second time) in 1949.

After circumnavigating Australia, Flinders was returning to England when he was shipwrecked, in 1803. He sheltered with his crew (and his cat Trim) for two months in tents on islands. When some ships finally came to rescue Flinders, he chose to go aboard the small schooner Minikin rather than go aboard a larger, sturdier ship. The Minikin started to leak and Flinders was forced to take shelter on a French island, where he was taken for a spy. At that stage, Flinders was unaware that England and France were at war, and despite his protestations of innocence, the French insisted on detaining Flinders. The French kept Flinders prisoner for almost seven years.

Because her dream was to create solo flying records for different things.

Australia's national day is Australia Day, which is celebrated on 26 January every year. Traditionally, a barbecue is set up, while a trip to the beach is also popular. A game of cricket on the beach or in the local park is popular, as are other sports. As it is often a long weekend, many families go camping. Others spend the day in front of their television watching whatever sport is being televised on that day.

Kevin Rudd was the Australian Prime Minister in 2010. He was elected at the end of 2007, replacing John Howard, who was Australia's second longest serving Prime Minster up to that point. He was ousted as leader of the party and Prime Minister in June 2010, becoming the first Australian Prime Minister to be removed from office without having completed a full term. He returned as leader of the ALP in 2013 after a leadership challenge toppled his former challenger, Julia Gillard.

Kevin Rudd represents the Australian Labor Party.

The gold rush of 1851 changed Australia from a convict colony to a more diverse society. It led to urbanization in Australia.

Australian Parliamentary Library statistics show that 1851 gold production amounted to about 10 Tonnes. These statistics only refer to gold that was declared. According to the book "Rivers of Gold", which is a history of the Palmer River gold rush, it is "estimated" that over the life time of the Palmer River gold fields, an estimated 2,000,000 ounces of gold were smuggled out of Australia by Chinese indentured slaves. That is one identifiable group of people in one of the many hundreds of gold fields that operated in Australia during the 19th century, smuggling gold out of the country.

Edward Gough Whitlam mainly grew up in canberra.

Sir William McMAHON, PC, GCMG, CH., was Australia's 20th Prime Minister, serving from March 10, 1971, to December 5, 1972.

The ANZAC troops were evacuated from Gallipoli eight months after the initial landing which occurred on 25 April 1915.

Im pretty sure when you aboriginal and have been a victim of racism it emotionaly harms you. And if you are the person saying these racial slures then you must have some emotional problems urself. It cant be very fun hurting someone like that. And what would make you do that in the first place. Lets just say your a whire person and you walk up to someone and call them a racist name like 'Chef' or 'Prairie N.' how would you like it if they called you cracker or trailer trash. Not very much i bet. and even then there isn't that many racist names you can call a white person other then that. So really it Effects the victim and the person saying the racial slure.

The First Fleet of convicts, under the leadership of Captain Arthur Phillip, departed Portsmouth, England, on 13 May 1787.

one of the most bloodiest battles that took place was the battle of the Somme AKA the bloodiest day in military history. the British lead by sir Douglas haig. on the first day the British lost 20,000 men in one day between 7am and 10am

Ben Hall was a famous Australian bushranger. A bushranger is an Australian term for a highway robber. During the gold rush (1850-1870) in places like Ballarat, Bathurst and Kalgoorlie, many people became very rich as result of discovering large deposits of gold (golden nuggets). Although it was possible for the gold that people found to be traded for some other commodities, in general it was mostly exchanged at banks for cash. Many of the banks were owned by the government, so effectively the government paid people for their gold. But what to do with all the gold ? In many instances, the gold that was exchanged for cash was taken to a central location, melted down and reformed into gold bars (or ingots) and these were then stockpiled at a central secure location, often the State Treasury. To do this required transportation of the gold or gold ingots by stagecoach, since horses were the only non-human means of moving goods available. The gold rush not only produced large quantities of the gold, but also large quantities of money when people sold their gold at the banks. Many merchants and people who supplied services to the goldminers also profitted handsomely. Although many miners didn't find enough gold to pay their way, many did. Some men decided that the lure of all this money and gold was simply too irresistible and they devised clever schemes to hold up the mail coaches carrying the gold to the State Treasury or wealthy citizens. They would often pick isolated locations along the mail/travel routes and on horseback, with guns and other weapons in hand, conduct an ambush of the coach and its occupants. Not surprisingly the wealthy citizenry were apalled by such behaviour and very quickly legislated to provide for very stiff penalties for bushrangers. What made capturing the bushrangers difficult was the very fact that the hold-ups they conducted were done in remote locations on horseback, which permitted an easy get away. In time, security on the gold coaches were upgraded and it wasn't long before armed escorts travelled on the coaches to protect the gold supply. Similarly, not all bushrangers fared well. Many of them were indeed captured, with the common sentence being "life" meaning that they were killed, normally by hanging. The most famous bushranger was Ned Kelly, whose gang were active in northern and north-eastern Victoria particuarly around Mansfield, Beechworth and Benalla. Many bushrangers had nicknames. Though Kelly generally was known as Ned or Ned Kelly, Ben Hall commonly went by the name The Gentleman Bushranger, as he did not often resort to violence during the armed robberies he conducted. He operated mainly in central NSW. Strictly speaking Ben Hall wasn't really famous for anything, but rather he was an infamous Australian armed robber (bushranger, highway robber) that took advantage of people's fortunes created during the gold rush. The word "famous" usually refers to something positive or noteworthy.

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The first sitting of the Australian Federal Parliament was held in the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne which was the only building large enough to house the 14,000 guests. Melbourne was never Australia's capital - just the temporary seat of power. The Parliament was opened by the Duke of Cornwall and York, later King George V, on 9 May 1901.

A passion that will never end, die, or be extinguished.

Aborigines live in Australia for 50,000 years before white settlement. not right under my belife

Ned Kelly was known to have used more than one gun.

His favourite was an old 60cm long .577 calibre carbine which was sawn off at the butt and barrel and held together with waxed string.

Ned Kelly's last used gun was a Colt Carbine revolver.

Because it seemed like a good idea at the time. Remove the criminal element from Britain and they believed that it would solve the criminal problem.

Far from it, it made no difference.

However, the "criminal's" had the last laugh, They were blessed with a country with perfect weather, glorious beaches and magnificence scenery.

The Borrowdale was one of the ships that did not transport convicts on the First Fleet. It carried tools for building and for planting crops in the new colony, as well as livestock, many of which were lost during a gale.

Both 'hung' and 'hanged' are correct, although the term 'hanged' tends to be an older form. For example, history books tell of convicts and bushrangers who were sentenced to be hanged. Magistrates would sentence a man "to be hanged by the neck until he is dead".