7. 1788
On the 26th January 1788, the First Fleet
arrived in Sydney. There were 11 ships and
1400 convicts, sailors and guards.
9. 1788-1800´s
160 000 convicts were sent to Sydney and
other place in Australia. Aboriginals
became prisoners, were killed or chased
away.
10. 1800’s
New cities were made
People could buy land
No more convicts were sent to Australia
Each state had a government
11. 1800’s
Big farms sold food
White men could vote
Gold Rush in 1951
Houses, schools, roads, railways, telegraph systems,
churches, public buildings were built
18. WWII
Australians fought in Europe, Papua
New Guinea and North Australia.
19. 1950’s - 2000
The Depression
Baby Boom – lots of babies were born
Melbourne Olympics 1952, Sydney Olympics
2000
Vietnam War
Political Changes; equal pay, women’s rights,
aboriginal rights, end of White Australia Policy,
Aboriginal Land rights
100 years as a country