ESWL Australia

• Engels
• Middelbare school

01:04

The Emu war is an official war and considered to be in the top ten of funniest wars. Did the Australians win?

Yes

Of course not

00:35

What were the two reasons for the penal colonies in Australia?

1. Criminality in Great Britain
2. The Independence of America

01:05

What were the choices a convict had after he got caught stealing a handkerchief?

1. Death
2. Hard labour in the mines
3. Work at a prison ship, or Hulk
4. Go to Australia

02:29

What was the reason for the uniforms for convicts?

04:10

How many convicts were transported in the years 1788 to 1868?

On to the next part

Aboriginals: pre- and post-colonisation

First Fleet

1788

Abel Tasman

Modern numbers

Pre colonial way of life

(Insert Jesse's summary)

Post colonial way of life

- Wiped out because of diseases

- Massacres, expeditions and random killings

- Restricted living areas

- Horribly dwindling numbers

- Parallel with the systematic oppression of the Indian People

First Fleet

Captain Arthur Philip

1787

New South Wales

January 26, 1788

Start of transports of convicts and soldiers

Abel Tasman

- Nieuw-Zeeland

- Tasmanië

Today's Australia

After all the settlers, convicts and military migrations, Australia today has

- 25 million inhabitants across 7.6 million square kilometres

(3,3 people per square kilometre)

- They have concentrated their settlements along the coast

- Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth

- The thirtieth biggest city (Hervey Bay) only has 22 thousand inhabitants!