Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Yagan (c.1795 - 1833) a Western Australian Indigenous leader of the 1830s; Yarramundi (c.1760 - c.1819) a prominent Dharug man, also a karadji; Yarri (c.1810 - 1880) a famous flood rescuer from Gundagai; Yemmerrawanne (c. 1775 - 1794) a Dharug man who, along with Bennelong, was the first Aboriginal person to travel to England.
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.
Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements. 1951 - Voters reject a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party; 1951 - Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand
April – Up to 60 Jardwadjali Aboriginal people are killed in the Fighting Waterholes massacre. The Whyte brothers William, George, Pringle and James Whyte and their employees were responsible. May – British Government agrees to cease sending convicts to New South Wales, some 80,000 convicts had been sent since 1788. [ 1 ]
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.
12 May – Sir Frederick Holder, 19th Premier of South Australia (d. 1909) 23 August – Sir John Cockburn, 18th Premier of South Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1929) 7 September – James Stewart, Queensland politician (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1931) 22 October – Charles Kingston, 20th Premier of South Australia (d. 1908)
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.
5 January - The 1891 Australian shearers' strike begins, which leads to the formation of the Australian Labor Party. 13 April - Howard Moffat founds newspaper Daily Commercial News, which runs for 108 years before merging with Lloyd's List Australia Weekly to form Lloyd's List DCN.