About the history of Australia

In short: Australia is an ancient and young country.

The aborigines have a history of 40,000 years, and they have left some remains on this continent in some way.

But there is no written record, and only the modern history of more than 200 years can be known to future generations.

So the history of Australia is very new.

We know little about the life history of early aborigines, but we gradually realize that they were the first people in the world to make polished stone tools and cremate the dead.

They also vividly described or carved animals in life and hunting on rocks.

Australian aborigines may come from Indonesia and have been all over Australia for thousands of years.

They may bring or invent their own unique recyclable flying rod, which is called boomerang.

They also integrated complex and diverse cultures into Australia.

When Britain began to colonize Australia, about 300,000 aborigines lived in Australia and spoke more than 300 different languages.

Their words are very different.

European immigrants came here to settle down.

Of course, before the aborigines came to Australia, there were stories about Australia.

Geologically speaking, Australia is very stable and ancient.

This can explain why Australia is rich in minerals.

Australia has been separated from other continents for 200 million years, so it has unique plants and animals in the world.

Many European ships have been to Australia, and the aborigines in the far north have already had prosperous trade with Indonesia's neighbors.

However, there were no other colonies before Philip, the captain of the First Fleet, docked at Jackson Harbor on 17881October 26th.

1770, the great explorer Captain Cook had landed in Australia before going to Tahiti to watch Venus running, and he was an Englishman, a Wang Zhanling and an Australian.

His botanist joseph banks suggested that Australia is a good place to exile criminals.

Then Philip was sent.

Some of the 750 prisoners on board committed only minor crimes.

Upon arrival, I found life in New South Wales very difficult.

The aborigines were also unhappy to see the new immigrants coming. They immediately declared the land uninhabitable and then occupied it.

Colonial development is not easy.

It is even more difficult to develop the Australian jungle. Prisoners and later free immigrants had to struggle with climate, soil and indigenous people.

There have been many regrettable massacres.

18 10 After the arrival of Governor lachlan macquarie, the situation has obviously improved.

Many outstanding colonial buildings in Sydney were built because of him.

golden

Australia's development is relatively late and its progress is very slow.

The reason is that the natural environment of this continent is difficult to overcome, and the blue mountains in western Sydney are an obstacle.

Gradually, other construction began in Hoba, Tasmania.

It was not until bathurst discovered gold in 185 1 that Australia appeared steadily on the world map.

Miners here and elsewhere stayed to develop and contributed their skills to Australia.

Modern Australia

The Commonwealth of Australia was born in 190 1 year 1 month/day.

Australia began to adopt British culture, tradition, rule and even diet.

At present, it is a monarchy: the Queen of England is the Queen of Australia.

Australia fought side by side with the British army, the most famous being the two world wars.

Every year on ANZAC Day, Australia commemorates the soldiers who died in the war, especially those who died in the First World War.

In World War II, Australia began to form an alliance with the United States, so the United States influenced Australia's foreign policy after the war and prompted Australia to participate in the Vietnam War of 1965.

After the war, the wave of non-British or Irish immigrants began, which greatly changed Australia's culture, psychology and diet.

190 1 year immigration restriction law, the so-called white Australia policy, is to stop immigrants from Asian and Pacific island countries. Later, this policy was cancelled.

At present, the immigrant population in Asia is increasing.

Australia is not only in Asia, but also accepts people from this region.

Although there are still difficulties to be overcome in ethnic integration, many ethnic groups in Australia can live in peace and harmony on the whole.