The aboriginal people were living in Australia around 40,00 years ago. There are still aboriginal tribes living around the outskirts of Australia.
Penal colony
British people first colonised Australia in 1788, many of the settlers Britain sent over were people who committed crimes. They sent them to Australia instead of putting them in jail.
Tasmania
Tasmania was first colonised by the British in 1803, it was no longer a British colony in 1901. That was when it joined the commonwealth of Australia.
The commonwealth of Australia
The commonwealth happened on the 1st January 1901. This was when Australia became a nation and parliament made it legal for the six colonies to govern their own country.
The colonies of Australia
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The Fighting Temeraire
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. [more]
The Hireling Shepherd
This is a painting by William Holman Hunt, a leading British Pre-Raphaelite.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]
