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The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the last glacial period. [1] [2] Arriving by sea, they settled the continent and had formed approximately 250 distinct language groups by the time of European settlement, maintaining some of the longest known continuing artistic and religious traditions in the world.
The human history of Australia, however, commences with the arrival of the first ancestors of Aboriginal Australians by sea from Maritime Southeast Asia between 50,000 and 65,000 years ago, and continues to the present day multicultural democracy. Aboriginal Australians settled throughout continental Australia and many nearby islands.
1887: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating Britain in the first Ashes series. 1912 - Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time; 1915 - Surfing is first introduced to Australia; 1930 - Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings; 1930 - Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
[23] [25] This is the date Queen Victoria revoked the letters patent establishing North Australia, but it was not proclaimed in Australia until 16 January 1849. 1 July 1851 The portion of New South Wales south of the Murray River and a line from the headwaters of the river to Cape Howe was made the Colony of Victoria. [26] 1 January 1856
Excision may refer to: In surgery, the partial removal of an organ, tissue, bone or tumor from a body; Type II female genital mutilation; A term used by the Australian government as part of its definition of the Australian migration zone; Excision theorem in algebraic topology, a branch of mathematics
Australia history-related lists (4 C, 31 P) A. Archaeology of Australia (5 C, 20 P) E. Historical events in Australia (104 C, 2 P) H. ... Timeline of the Eureka ...
In the first two volumes of his History of Australia (1962, 1968) Manning Clark developed an idiosyncratic interpretation of Australian history telling the story of "epic tragedy" in which "the explorers, Governors, improvers, and perturbators vainly endeavoured to impose their received schemes of redemption on an alien, intractable setting". [5]
The History of Australia (1851–1900) refers to the history of the people of the Australian continent during the 50-year period which preceded the foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The gold rushes of the 1850s led to high immigration and a booming economy.