The discovery of gold in the 1850s significantly attracted more white settlers to Australia, leading to a gold rush that promised wealth and opportunity. Additionally, the expansion of agriculture and the establishment of new colonies drew settlers seeking land and employment. Improved transportation and communication also made it easier for migrants to reach Australia, further increasing the influx of white settlers during this period.
North America had white settlers long before Australia did. One of the reasons Australia was settled was because the Americans refused to accept any more convicts from England.
Great Britain colonised Australia. Australia was settled as a penal colony, and also a colony for free settlers (it was never a slave colony). Great Britain wished to expand its empire, and to offset the possibility of the French colonising the continent.The First Fleet arrived in 1788 and more free settlers sought passage on the Second Fleet which arrived in Sydney in 1790. Subsequent fleets brought more convicts and free settlers.
Native Americans were more likely to die from the diseases that European settlers brought to America because they had less immunity to these diseases than the settlers did.
The white settlers felt more superior to the Native Americans and tried to suppress them.
they brought women and families with them
That would be because there are more white sheep than black sheep in Australia.
Yes. The majority of natives died from diseases that settlers brought to the Americas. A good deal more were murdered by Christian settlers and military.
rich minerals and good pastures for sheep.
by learning how to grow crops in the Australian atmosphere and many more reasons
There were no children of European descent in Australia in 1750. The continent was not colonised until 1788.The indigenous children lived as their elders did. They learnt to gather food and hunt; they learnt the stories of the Dreaming and how to pass these on in songs, dance and more stories. At this stage, they were not oppressed by the white settlers.
Because of the cotton crop.
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