Australian History
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The Coniston Massacre was significant for being the last known massacre of Australian Aborigines.It was believed to be a revenge...
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Australia officially committed one Infantry Battallion and supporting units to the Vietnam War on 29 April 1965.
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one way is that because most of the men didn't return for WWI and wern't there during it, there was a big gap in the workforce...
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Limited medical care would be given on the Gallipoli Peninsula and medical cases were evacuated for further treatment to Hospital...
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The Turks won the battle of Gallipoli Strategically Gallipoli was a very bold, imaginative plan which could have had far...
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April 25th, which is the anniversary of the first landing of troops at Gallipoli.
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They trained in cairo and they did basic things for training that people would do today, they also had practice fights with each...
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Both the Old and New Parliament Houses are in Canberra, Australia's national capital.
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No Australian military personnel were killed in this conflict.
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See the related Web Links to the left for information on the conditions.
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It means Australia was having a 'Goldrush' this means a lot of gold was being found in Australia at that time. Mainly in...
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It seems fairly obvious that it was named for a princess. Why don't you call the theatre and ask?
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Well many of them were criminals who had no choice. They were exported to get the riff raff out of the English homeland. Many...
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discover of gold
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on the 25 of october 1616
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Captain James Cook discovered the Great Barrier Reef in 1770. He found it accidentally when his ship ran aground on the reef...
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Because of family reasons, they were forced to, job openings and/or better jobs and workplace stuff
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AnswerCommonwealth of Australia Constitution Act was passed by the British Parliament in 12900.
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Australia's Federal Parliament first met at the newly-built Parliament House in Canberra on 9 May 1927. This was after having sat...
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Yes, they were. The combination of the continents was called Pangaea.
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Australia was colonised by the British. The British government sent a fleet of convicts and officers to colonise the land that...
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Oral tradition states that the first Greek in Australia was a convict named Damianos Gikas who arrived in 1802, but there are no...
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No. Dutch explorer Willem Jansz first landed on the western shores of Cape York, Australia, on 26 February 1606. However, the...
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Bushranger 'Mad' Dan Morgan was killed in a shootout with police in April 1865.
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Records are not exact, as they do not reflect how many people actually arrived in Australia alive. The First Fleet had at least...
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ANZACs and all those involved in past and current active defence are honoured on Anzac Day, April 25 each year, in Australia and...
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Peter Lalor led the Eureka Stockade rebellion. The Eureka Stockade occurred in Ballarat, Victoria, during the early years of the...
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Kevin Rudd lost his position as Leader of the Labor Party and hence Prime Minister of Australia due to a combination of factors. ...
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ANZAC day in New Zealand is commemorated, rather than celebrated, by a (ANZAC) parade which starts at dawn on ANZAC...
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That was the basis for Australia joining the ANZUS Pact, and the Pact was the basis for its entry into the Vietnam War.
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For 1992: Cost of a gallon of Milk in America: $2.78 Source: http://www.1990sflashback.com/1992/Economy.aspFor TODAY:...
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Australian troops were fighting in Vietnam as allies of South Vietnam, along with those of the US, South Korea, and New Zealand....
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Australia was originally a penal colony.
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Construction started on the new Parliament House in 1981 and it was opened in 1988. It had been planned ever since Federation,...
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Dirk Hartog was the child of Hartych Krynen(father) and Griet Jans(mother).
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See the Web Link to the left for information on James Martin, the youngest Australian to ever die in war...although he wasn't...
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They colonized there to put all the prisoners there because of all the un inployment issues and the rise in crime in London
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While I cannot tell you their names, it was 10 men and 5 women who lost their lives in this nightclub fire. I can give you one...
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Caroline Chisholm's childrens' names were, Archibald, William, Henry, Sydney, Caroline and Monica.
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AnswerThe landing of the gallopoli war started on the 25th of April 1915, It ended on the 9th of January 1916 a year of bomming,...
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The earliest recorded visit was by the British ship Signet commanded by William Dampier. It was named on 25 December 1643 by...
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If you are asking how the non-indigenous Australians got there the answer is they were sent there by Brittan. Australia was...
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According to the Wikipedia link below: The Coolgardie Safe is a low-tech refrigeration unit which uses the heat transfer which...
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The Australian Aborigines are the indigenous people of Australia. They are the descendants of the first immigrants who came from...
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Gough Whitlam. Gough Whitlam Gough Whitlam
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The United Nations- formed by FDR, Stalling and Churchill
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There were numerous reasons for Australia choosing to become a nation, rather than continuing as a colonial outpost. Most of...
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Nixon won re-election; but had to resign during the Watergate Scandal before completing his second term. Vice President Ford...
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Deputy Prime Minister , though any legislation has to be passed by a majority vote in the House of Representatives and then also...
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There is not a lot of information available on all the ships of the First Fleet. The following list gives some of the known...
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Captain Arthur Phillip was in charge of the First Fleet of convicts to Australia.
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A variety of foods from China have been brought here and evolved to an Australian uniqueness.One such example is the Chinese...
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Burke and Wills, like John McDouall Stuart in South Australia, were seeking a suitable route for a telegraph line from the...
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Lachlan Macquarie was Governor of the New South Wales colony from 1810 to 1821. With his military training and vision for...
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Van Diemen's Land was established as a penal colony in 1803, administered by the Governor of New South Wales.
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Peter Lalor was the leader of the miners' rebellion in Ballarat which came to be known as the Eureka Stockade rebellion. This is...
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The First Fleet made three stops. It first stopped at Tenerife in the Canary Islands, off the north western coast of Africa. The...
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James Cook (not a captain) was an English sailor who charted Australia's eastern coast (the aborigines arrived thousands of years...
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The SOS or Save Our Sons movement was formed in 1964 along with the Youth Against Conscription organisation. SOS was mainly made...
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He was trying to obtain support for the Vietnam War.
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AnswerRSL believed that because the previous generation had fought in war so then the current generation had responsibilities to...
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There is a strong case for the Portuguese being the first Europeans to arrive in Australia. However, records of such Portuguese...
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A fire team is usually 3 or 4 men. A squad contains about 13 men, a platoon of about 40 men, a company of about 200 men, a...
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Lamb Beef were two of the main things eaten in Australia in 1901
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See the Web Links to the left for information. The websites that these pages are part of will be useful for future research on...
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Here's an excerpt from this website http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3778/is_1992_April/ai_12150969 Tight wheat...
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No, permanent residents do not have the same status as citizens. See the Web Links to the left. They contain links to further...
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Australia was founded on 26 January 1788, but it became 'The Commonwealth of Australia' upon federation of the states on 1...
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August 1935 102 toads, collected from Hawaii, 51 males and 51 females were brought to Australia and released in August of 1935.
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The spanish Flu epidemic killing thousands and organised crime with ganglords like Squizzy Taylor starting to become serious
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North Africa North Africa
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Women were generally only allowed to serve as nurses.
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Rosemary stands for remembrance, and so it is used to remember those who have given their lives in war.
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No, it was not. The island was first named by Captain William Mynors of the East India Ship Company vessel, the Royal Mary, when...
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On James Cook's first voyage, he stayed in Australia (or along the eastern coast) from April 1770 to August 1770.
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Australia was colonized to be used as a prison. Prisoners would either be hung or sent to Australia, but that was just as severe...
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Nylon was used to make materials in the war such as parachutes and ropes.
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1914 populationAustralia's population in 1914 was 4 948 990.
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Indigenous Australians have been on the continent for thousands of years. However, Australia was first "officially" discovered in...
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Aussie Christmas stockings Yes, some Australians do put them up, but they are really not featured as much as they are in the US.
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Australia was a holding places for convicts back in the days of British Imperialism. The people they imprisoned suffered. They...
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The Federation of Australia was the joining of all the states and territories as one nation controlled by the federal...
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Malcolm Fraser became the caretaker Prime Minister on November 11, 1975 when Gough Whitlam was sacked by the Governor General...
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One group that opposed Australia's involvement was the "SOS Movement" - which were a group of mums who began this protest group...
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Work and all the things normal people would do like finding a job.
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It is uncertain how many donkeys Simpson used. Most information suggests he had just one or possibly two, calling it/them by the...
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The actual time of the very first landing at Anzac Cove is believed to have been at 4:28 am on 25 April 1915. The first groups of...
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Australia's aboriginal people identified different times of the year, or seasons, by several factors, depending on where they...
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