HISTORY

The first population which lived in Australia were the aborigines who arrived in Australia about 65000 years ago.

The first European man to go to Australia was Dirk Hartopg, a Dutch seaman in 1616.

In 1770, when British captain James Cook arrived in Australia, it became an English colony and in 1786 it became a penal colony where criminals were sent.

Australia fought in the 1st world war supporting Great Britain which won the war.

Until 1967 for 60 years the state removed the children of aborigines and white people (referred to as 'half-caste'), because they were considered a mixed race. These children became sadly known as the 'Stolen generations'.

In 2020 there were huge fires which killed about 480 million animals.

Vanessa Gas.