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Australian History
The first humans are believed to have arrived in
Australia
over 40,000 years ago. These people arrived via land-bridges and/or sea
crossings from Southeast Asia, and became the indigenous people known
as "aborigines". An additional and distinct group of early
settlers, ethnically Melanesian, settled in the Torres Strait Islands
(the Strait between
Australia
and Papua New Guinea)
and the far North of Queensland.
Europeans first began to reach the area at the aroud the beginning
of the 17th century. The first undisputed sighting of the Australian
mainland was by the Dutch sea captain, William Janszoon in 1606.
The Dutch are known to have chartered the western and northern
shorelines of the continent during the 17th century, but made no attempt
at settlement of what they called at the time "New Holland".
In 1770, British navigator, James Cook mapped parts of the East coast of
Australia:
the region today known as New South Wales. Cook claimed the area
for Great Britain.
The first British colony was established in New South Wales on
January 26th,
a day that is now remembered as "Australia Day".
The British formerly claimed the western portions of
Australia
in 1859, and during the 19th century a whole series of separate British
colonies were established around the continent. Much of this British colonization
was based upon the transportation of convicts to penal colonies, and it
was only in 1848 that the transportation of convicts to New South Wales stopped.
The arrival of Europeans had a drastic effect on the indigenous aboriginal
population. This fell dramaticly from a high of 350,000 due to the
infectious diseases, forced resettlements, and other factors. Indeed,
although the issues remain highly controversial and disputed, some
historians have characterized the events of the period as genocide.
In 1850s, the European population increased further thanks to a gold rush,
and between 1855 and 1890, each of the six British colonies was separately
granted responsible government - while the the colonies were autonomous in
their internal affairs, they Britain
retained control of foreign affairs and defense.
In 1901,
the six colonies were united in a federation known as the Commonwealth of Australia.
Australia
participated in both World War I and World War II as part of the British
Empire. To many Australians the events of the world wars, especially
the Gallipoli campaign in World War I, and the Kokoda Track Campaign
in World War II, were important milestones in
Australia's
path to independent nationhood.
Legally,
Australia
first moved towards independence from Britain
with the Statue of Westminister in
1931
(although
Australia
did not ratify it until
1942,
but then back dated its effect to
1939),
which granted effective independence in most matters.
Australia
however did retain some constitutional ties with
Britain for another 40 years,
these only finally be severed with the passing of the Australia Act in
1986.
It should be noted that the British Queen Elizabeth II is also
Queen of Australia, and a
1999
national referendum rejected becoming a republic.
Here are some books about the history of
Australia:
Books about Australian History
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By Stuart Macintyre
Cambridge University Press
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- Edition: 5
- Number of Pages: 420
- Author: Stuart Macintyre
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By Noah Riseman PhD
Melbourne University Press
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Transgender Australia: A History Since 1910- Manufacturer: Melbourne University Press
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- Author: Noah Riseman PhD
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By Mark Peel
Springer
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A History of Australia (Bloomsbury Essential Histories, 27)- Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Academic
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- PartNumber: 29015160
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- Number of Pages: 308
- Authors: Mark Peel, Christina Twomey
- Publication Date: November 6th, 2017
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By Peter FitzSimons
William Heinemann Australia
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- Brand: William Heinemann Australia
- ISBNs: 1864711345, 9781864711349
- EAN: 9781864711349
- PartNumber: 19698336
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- Edition: Reprint
- Number of Pages: 512
- Author: Peter FitzSimons
- Publication Date: October 1st, 2012
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By Alex McDermott
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- ISBN: 0730395456
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- Edition: 2
- Number of Pages: 496
- Author: Alex McDermott
- Publication Date: March 15th, 2022
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By Richard Broome
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- ISBN: 1760528218
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- Format: Illustrated
- Edition: Fifth edition
- Number of Pages: 432
- Author: Richard Broome
- Publication Date: April 1st, 2020
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By Kenneth Morgan
Oxford University Press
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- ISBN: 0199589933
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- Format: Illustrated
- Edition: Illustrated
- Number of Pages: 150
- Author: Kenneth Morgan
- Publication Date: June 18th, 2012
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By John H. Chambers
Interlink Books
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- Edition: 2nd
- Number of Pages: 368
- Author: John H. Chambers
- Publication Date: September 17th, 2014
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