History of Australia - 3rd. Edition

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Future PLC Quay House, The Ambury, Bath, BA1 1UA Editor April Madden Designer Perry Wardell-Wicks Compiled by Jessica Leggett & Thomas Parrett Head of Art & Design Greg Whitaker Editorial Director Jon White Managing Director Grainne McKenna Briony Du
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The Great Land To The South how The World Discovered Australia
On 20 August 1770, the flag of Great Britain was hoisted over the silver sands to flutter in the breeze. Three volleys were fired by the landing party, and then answered by the Bark Endeavour, moored in the bay. James Cook and his crew had been at se
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History Of Australia
It’s tough to condense the history of any nation into a book of any size. That’s particularly true of Australia, with its vast landscape, rich Aboriginal cultures, dramatic entrance into the European imagination, rip-roaring tales of a pioneer past,
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Colonial Conflicts Of Australia
Almost as soon as Lieutenant James Cook landed in what would become Australia, there was conflict. Attempting a landing in Botany Bay, Cook and his crew encountered “several of the Natives and a few hutts; Men, Women, and Children on the South Shore
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The Australian Gold Rush
The world stopped and listened in 1848 when James W Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill in California. The reaction to the news was unprecedented: around 300,000 people from all over the globe flocked to the Golden State in the hope of becoming
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Australia’s First Penal Colony
There wasn’t much in the way of mercy for a common criminal in 18th-century Britain. You could be branded or whipped for a relatively minor offence and for repeat offenders, the hangman’s noose awaited. The infrastructure of the criminal justice syst
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Journey Of The First Fleet
Having survived a planned mutiny that never saw fruition, the fleet arrived at the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife to resupply with food and water, staying there for one week. One convict attempted to escape but they were generally well behaved. Th
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Aboriginal History Of Australia
The human history of Australia goes back at least 65,000 years. While anthropologists may disagree on the finer points of exactly when and how the first humans arrived, what is certain is that those first peoples quickly learned how to live in harmon
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Ned Kelly Robber Or Revolutionary?
Around 240 kilometres northeast of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, is the township of Greta. It’s treelined, pastoral and, without closely inspecting a photo of the country surrounding Eleven Mile Creek, you could convince someone that it was the an
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Australia’s National Treasure
It was 1869 when the first opal was supposedly found in Australia. Listowel Downs in rural Central Western Queensland would unknowingly kickstart Australia’s takeover of an industry that had been dominated by Eastern Europe. The Australian opal indus
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The Federation Of Australia
At the end of the 19th century, the land of Australia was in chaos. Ostensibly under the rule of the British government, in practice the landmass was split into six different colonies. Each was under Crown rule, but also had its own laws, parliament,
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5 Shocking Facts About… white Australia Policy
The ‘White Australia Policy’ is the name given to the various immigration laws initiated by the Australian government that favoured European applicants. Fuelled by racist ideas, they were designed to exclude non white applicants, particularly Asians,
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The Australian Settlement
For Australia, the early 1900s weren’t just the start of a new decade and a new century – they were the start of independence. On 1 January 1901, Australia became independent from the United Kingdom after a decade of political turmoil. Finally, the f
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The Boer Wars
When war broke out between the British and the two Dutch South African republics in 1899, nations from around the British Empire offered up troops; Australia was no different. In total, Australia sent around 16,000 soldiers (although numbers vary). S
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Heroes Of The Victoria Cross John Bisdee
When the Second Boer War was declared on 11 October 1899, governments of colonies from around the British Empire offered to send troops to contribute to the British war effort. This included the governments of the six colonies of Australia (the count
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Australia In World War I
The war may have started on the other side of the world, but that didn’t stop Australians from wanting to get involved in the First World War. Nearly half a million Australian men enlisted to join the Entente Powers. More than 60,000 of them would lo
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Charge Of The Light Horse
The Australian Light Horse formed at the outbreak of World War I as part of the Australian Imperial Force destined to fight in Europe. The majority of the Light Horsemen came from the vast, hot and arid rural regions in Australia. Horsemanship, and o
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Heroes Of The Victoria Cross henry Dalziel
When we talk about World War I, the focus seems predominantly on the battles of attrition fought between the British and German forces. We hear so much about the individual stories that it’s easy to forget the roles that troops of other nationalities
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Charge At The Nek ‘Nothing But Bloody Murder’
The Battle of Beersheba on 31 October 1917, with its dramatic mounted charge of two Australian light horse regiments, has become a tool for national self-congratulation and myth-making in its centenary year. Australians should be rightfully proud of
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A Sovereign Nation
From 1901, Australia was independent… sort of. It was now a dominion of the British Empire – the country enjoyed some independence and was now self-governing, but it still wasn’t its own country. That would come about 40 years later. In 1931, the fir
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RAZOR GANGS: SEX, SLASHERS & SLY GROG
Rough around the edges and savouring the pre-war era, Australia’s New South Wales in the early years of the 20th century was a place where prostitution, gambling, narcotics and guns were not just tolerated, but in most instances legal. But in 1905, t
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The History Of The Flying Doctor
Alongside stunning national parks, deadly wildlife and fantastic surf, Australia is also home to more than 25 million people. Most of them cling to the coastlines in built-up cities like Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. The seven million or so that ar
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Timeline
John Flynn, a minister for the Presbyterian Church, becomes fascinated with the Australian bush and Outback and those that lived there, and even co-authored The Bushman’s Companion with Andrew Barber. After experiencing the hardships faced by those l
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Australia Across History
The first Aboriginal peoples arrive in Australia by boat from South East Asia, during the time of the last great Ice Age. These Indigenous Australians live undiscovered until the 17th century. The first known landing in Australia is by Dutch explorer
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World War II
On 1 September 1939, World War II broke out. On 3 September, the voice of Australia’s prime minister, Robert Gordon Menzies, rang out on every national and commercial radio station across the country: Australia would be joining the Allies. In total,
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New Australians
The Great Depression of the 1930s had hit Australia hard, and World War II followed hot on its heels. Although the war came with a high casualty count and the constant threat of invasion from Japan, it also boosted Australian industry, increasing GDP
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Australia’s Thin Green Line
In Australian history, Kokoda ranks only behind Gallipoli in terms of cultural importance and its impact on the Anzac (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) myth. The name is invoked in much the same manner as the battle at Anzac Cove as a kind of s
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Trail Of Death
The Australian AMF first contact the advance elements of the Japanese South Seas Detachment. Despite being hugely outnumbered, the Australians manage to convince the Japanese that they were ten times their actual size. The village of Kokoda is fought
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Kapyong 1951
3 RAR had landed in South Korea at Pusan in September 1950 as part of the 27th British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade. The brigade was serving in a UN force to restore peace on the Korean Peninsula, and 3 RAR immediately began participating in the nor
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Western Pacific Deployments
21-22 October 1950 Yongju is the first action of Australian troops in Korea. 3 RAR launch a fierce surprise attack against North Korean snipers from their rear. The North Koreans retreat after three hours of fighting. 29-30 October 1950 3 RAR encount
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Timeline Of The… royal Australian Regiment
After World War II, the small regular Australian Army is established, and a new volunteer brigade is deployed to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan in 1948. The three battalions of this brigade are then designated as the ‘Royal Austra
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Rar Heroes And Commanders
Although Mark Donaldson and Benjamin Roberts-Smith are both former RAR personnel who have subsequently won the Victoria Cross, Daniel Keighran is the first VC recipient to receive the award while serving in the regiment. Keighran joined the Australia
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Rar In Vietnam
For the United States, the Vietnam War was a humiliating disaster that broke its military aura of invincibility and cost many lives. It is often assumed that the USA fought alone to support South Vietnam against North Vietnamese forces, but the Ameri
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Arts And Culture Down Under
Australia has a reputation for a lot of things: rugby, creepy crawlies and barbecues, to name just a few. But the country is often overlooked when it comes to its contribution to 20th- and 21st-century arts and culture. However, its history within th
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Indigenous Rights
When it comes to the rights of a country’s indigenous inhabitants, it’s always an uphill battle. Whether it’s Canada, the United States or Australia, white, European settlers have always entered a territory and subdued the people that already lived t
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Hall Of Fame indigenous Australians
Archie Roach is an award-winning musician and singer, songwriter and guitarist. His 1990 album Charcoal Lane won him two ARIA awards (Australian Record Industry Association) and was one of Rolling Stone magazine’s Top 50 albums in 1992. His most famo

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