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The Rum Rebellion
1808 - It Was the successful armed take over of the government in Australia. -
Soldiers and Officers were given land
Soldiers and officers who were given land they turned the land into farm lands. These lush lands brought more immigrants from Britain. This was important because it increased the economy. -
Gold Was Discovered
Gold was discovered in 1851 luring thousands of people. This was an increase in the economy. People from China and across the world came for the gold. -
Eureka Rebellion
1854 - Eureka Rebellion was a rebellion of gold miners of ballarat, Victoria, Australia who revolted against the colonial authority of the United Kingdom -
Becomes a Nation
Australia’s six states became a nation under a single constitution on 1 January 1901. Now Australia is home to people from more than 200 countries. -
First World War
The First World War had a devastating effect on Australia. There were less than 3 million men in 1914, yet almost 400,000 of them volunteered to fight in the war. An estimated 60,000 died and tens of thousands were wounded -
Second World War Problems
During the Second World War, Australian forces made a significant contribution to the Allied victory in Europe, Asia and the Pacific. The generation that fought in the war and survived came out of it with a sense of pride in Australia’s capabilities. -
Australian Labor Party
in 1972, the Australian Labor Party under the idealistic leadership of lawyer Gough Whitlam was elected to power, ending the post-war domination of the Liberal and Country Party coalition. Over the next three years, his new government ended conscription, abolished university fees and introduced free universal health care. It abandoned the White Australia policy, embraced multiculturalism and introduced no-fault divorce and equal pay for women. -
Economic Reforms
Between 1983 and 1996, the Hawke–Keating Labor governments introduced a number of economic reforms, such as deregulating the banking system and floating the Australian dollar. In 1996 a Coalition Government led by John Howard won the general election and was re-elected in 1998, 2001 and 2004. The Liberal–National Coalition Government enacted several reforms, including changes in the taxation and industrial relations systems.
