2. THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA Ella Brown 10/26/15 WG AustraliaProject

3. IN THE BEGINNING…..

4. EARLY SETTLERS The Europeans arrived on the scene in1606, William Jansz, James Cook and David Lindsay are a few of the brave explorers that explored Australia. British leaders staked a claim on Australia in August, 1786, and settled in New South Wales. Governor Phillip left Sydney in 1792, the town had endured the rough first five years.

5. THE GOLD RUSH The gold rush took place in the 1850s Many Chinese and Europeans moved here in hope of fortune. The highest amount of people in one year was 12,396! The Australians kept the gold rush mainly to themselves.

6. WARS INVOLVING AUSTRALIA Wars Against People: World war I World War II Vietnam War Korean War First Gulf War Iraq War Afghanistan War Russian Civil War Wars against nature: Cane Toad war Cane Toad war The Great Emu War The Great Emu War

7. MODERN AUSTRALIA In 2006 Intel Core 2 Duo was launched in Australia 41.67% of Australians are ages 25-54 22,751,014 people live in Australia today The current Prime Mininster of Australia is Malcolm Turnbull