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Blog featuring excerpts from the pages of Australian history - people, places, and events.
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Chronology of the Discovery of Australia
1492 -- Discovery of America, by C. Columbus. Marco Polo's. "Java-Major" appears on Martin Behaim's globe.1497 -- Cape of Good Hope rounded by the Portuguese.1502 -- Second Portuguese fleet sails for India.1503 -- Third Portuguese fleet sails for Ind...
Chronology of the Exploration of Australia
1503--De Gonneville visited the South Seas, and is claimed by the French to have touched on Australia.1520--Magalhaens, the first circumnavigator, claims to have discovered Australia. (Doubtful.)1540--The Portuguese claims to early discovery of Austr...
Transportation
Transportation of convicts to Australia took place over the period between 1788 and 1842; and in this time, nearly 168,000 men, women and children from England were sent to Eastern Australia to serve their prison sentences.Those transported to Austra...
A Convict's Life
So what happened to a convict once he or she arrived in Australia. Firstly, upon departing the ship, the convicts were sent to a barracks where they would find out exactly how their sentence was to be served.The worst of the convicts were transporte...
Early Vaccines
In interesting article appeared recently on ABC Science on the different theories surrounding the introduction of smallpox into Australia.From ABC Science:The arrival of smallpox in Australia, which devastated the Aboriginal populations of Sydney, co...
Bound for Botany Bay
"And we're bound for Botany Bay"With the independence of the United States in 1776, Britain found itself without an avenue for disposing of its more anti-social elements. In the past, Britain had transported over 40,000 convicts to the United States...
well done - looking forward to more posts
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