Brief introduction of Australian history content

Australia, a "wild" country on the other side of the equator, is full of exotic animals and plants. More than two centuries ago, the British forcibly imposed western civilization on this isolated and lonely continent, which changed the running track of Australian indigenous society and created another new branch of the British Empire. Before the British, the Spanish and Dutch had been here, and the Netherlands named the western half of the mainland "New Holland". Captain Cook of England doesn't think so. After sailing to the east of the mainland, he declared that the mainland belonged to Britain in the name of His Majesty the King of England and renamed it "New South Wales". At first, British monarchs and ministers were not interested in this remote place. It was only after thirteen colonies in North America declared their independence that thousands of criminals had nowhere to go under the torture of Britain that they thought of this place. With the arrival of ship-to-ship exiles, the Australian mainland began to change its face, especially the participation of free immigrants, which accelerated the birth and birth process of a new society and a new country. So at the beginning of the 20th century, at the intersection of the vast Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, near the southern edge of Asia, a "western" country established by European immigrants was born in the world. ...

A concise historical work based on solid historical research, a brief history of the country written for international readers. Stuart Macgentile, the author of this book, is an authoritative scholar on Australian history. He is the chairman of the Australian Historical Society, and is now Ernest Scott, professor of history and dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. His works include: Oxford Australian History Volume IV (1986), Colonial Liberalism (199 1), History of a Country (1994) and History of War (2003).