Australia

Contact and Colonisation

Why were convicts transported to Australia

Australians Together - Colonisation

Australian Screen - Education

Convict Creations - Pemulwuy

British Colonisation/ First Contact

Africa

The 'Scramble for Africa'

Africa and the British Empire

Africa and Europe - 1800-1914

Search: World Book Early peoples –Africans of Ghana, Mali and Songhai empires – Invaders conquer the last great African empire

India

British India

India - History - 1765-1947, British occupation History and politics. Manas, a web resource about India, has an account of the rise and fall of the British Raj with links to related topics.

Indian Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)

This Indian Government website provides information related to the Indian Freedom Struggle (1857-1947). Topics include the Indian Mutiny 1857, the end of the East India Company, formation of the Indian National Congress, Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Non-Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement, Mahatma Gandhi, Quit India Movement and the partition of India and Pakistan.

Modern History of India

India - History - 1765-1947, British occupation Brief history of modern India. This website provides information about modern Indian history and traces British imperialism and other aspects of the Indian National movement. It includes brief information about Mahatma Gandhi and the Satyagraha movement.

Oral History on India's Independence Movement

India - History - 1765-1947, British occupation Oral history on India's independence movement. This website provides audio clips of interviews with participants influenced by Gandhi who joined India's independence movement.

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