The ancient to the modern worldTimeline Task

650 950 1250 1550 1850

Approximately 50 000 years ago ancestors of Aboriginal peoples arrive

January 26, 1788

First Fleet arrive in Sydney Cove

January 1 1901

Federation of Australia

1851

The Gold Rush

Post WW2 Immigration Populate or

Perish

1975-85

South-East Asian

refugees

Post 2001Refugees from the

Middle East

Glossary

The ancient to the modern worldTimeline Task

•Create a timeline outlining important historical periods in World history. (Use the coloured timeline to help sort out what happens when!)

•Create a hyperlink from each period to a separate page.

•On each page give more detail about that particular period, outlining: 1. 1. The time phase for the period.2. 2. An outline of the period.3. 5. An image4. 6. Legacy (a brief description of what that particular group has added to our culture

Eg. Workforce, artists, food

To complete the task:

1. Open a new PowerPoint document

2. Copy the first slide from this documentThis will form the basis of your work

3. To use Hyperlink: 1.

2.

Open a new slide Highlight the text Right click on the text Select “Place in This Document” Left click on “Hyperlink” Click on the new slide

The First Fleet

For approximately 50 000 years the first Australians lived in relative peace. After Captain James Cook discovered the east coast of New South Wales in 1770 a new fate of the continent was sealed. He reported to the British Government that New South Wales would be a suitable place for habitation and so it was decided to send eleven vessels, 9 of which contained criminals, to ease the pressure on English gaols. (1) reason. Previously the British had used America to dump its prisoners, but as America had defeated Britain in theAmerican war of Independence (1775-1783), Britain was forced to stop this practice.

Captain Arthur Phillip was commissioned oversee the monumental journey to New South Wales and establish a colony. The first Governor of New South Wales lead an expedition of eleven vessels containing approximately 780 convicts, 180 of whom were women, and approximately 200 marines and officers. (Turner,B. 1992) (2) number

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Federation and the Immigration Restriction Act

On the First of January 1901 the six colonies federated to form the Nation of Australia. Immigration policy was a principle duty of the newly formed Federal Government. One of the first laws that it passed was the Immigration Restriction Act 1901. The purpose of the act was to preserve British culture and Influence. They achieved this by including a dictation test that potential immigrants had to pass (p14, Brash, 2009). In a further act to restrict ‘undesirable people’ from immigrating, the Australian Government allowed the immigration officials to set the dictation test in any European language they liked. This way they could force an English speaking person to sit the exam in an obscure language and thus fail. This policy of restriction became unofficially known as the White Australia Policy and was in use until the Whitlam Government. In 1901 the Pacific Island Labourers Act was also passed. This policy saw the removal of thousands of Pacific Islander workers known as Kanakas.

The Immigration Restriction Act and White Australia Policy had widespread support. Powerful publications such as The Bulletin encourages nationalistic purity to both protect British Culture but also to protect Australian workers from cheap overseas labour (p20, Brash, 2009).

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Glossary

Asylum SeekerRefugeeUNHCRMulticulturalismBoat PeopleTemporary Protection Visa

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