Because major gold discoveries were made in Victoria, this newly separated state suddenly found itself very wealthy. Businesses boomed, together with the population, and more people settled further out from the established towns, sparking interest and enthusiasm in exploration. All of the colonies experienced wealth in some form as a result of the goldrushes, whether by more business or Immigration.
Gold brought wealth to Australia, and with it, a new sense of identity, and the independence and confidence to push for Federation and the establishent of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. Basically, Australia no longer needed to be "piggybacked" by England any more.
The chinese were said to have discovered Australia and everybody thinks that Captian Cook discovered it but really the first people to discover Australia were the Dutch unless you incude the Aborigines in which case they discovered Australia first.
DNA studies show that the aborigines were the first people to separate from the original African ancestors over 70,000 years ago. They have lived in Australia for at least 25,000 years.
Dirk Hartog was blown onto the shores of Western Australia in 1616. However, he was not the one who discovered Australia. The Australian Aborigines and the Macassan sea traders from Asia had already discovered the continent.Hartog was not even the first European to discover Australia. He had been preceded in 1606 by Willem Jansz.
No. The only inhabitants of Australia were the nomadic Aborigines, who had no need of buildings. Their only shelter was bark "humpies", caves or cliff overhangs.
Aborigines in White Australia was created in 1974.
Never: the Aborigines are still in Australia.
Australia's Aborigines.
It Kept Australia a basicaly European Christian culture until the present day.
Dirk Hartog was blown onto the shores of Western Australia in 1616. However, he was not the one who discovered Australia. The Australian Aborigines and the Macassan sea traders from Asia had already discovered the continent.Hartog was not even the first European to discover Australia. He had been preceded in 1606 by Willem Jansz.
It is generally accepted that the dingo arrived from Asia with the Aborigines when they first came to Australia.
Aborigines were the first people to live in Australia. Archaeological evidence proves this.
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