What is the History of Australia?
Australia was first colonized by humans between 42,000 and 48,000 years ago. The ancient colonization of Australia is notable because other members of the genus Homo, such as Homo habilis (“handy man”) made it from Africa to as far as the islands of Southeast Asia, such as Java, but not all the way to Australia, which would have required crossing the oceans in a boat. When the first humans arrived in Australia, they encountered many megafauna, including hippo-sized marsupials, giant kangaroos, the Marsupial Lion, and a 7-meter lizard, Megalania prisca. Soon after human arrival, all these megafauna went extinct. The only megafauna remaining are kangaroos, emus, the cassowary, saltwater crocodile, carpet python, and the goanna lizard. From the European perspective, Australia was first sighted by Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606. Throughout the 17th century, the northern and western coast of Australia was mapped by the Dutch, but they made no attempt at colonization. In 1770, the n
-Who are the Aborigines? 2. How is Australia today? -Which climate has Australia? -Whats the flora and fauna in Australia? 3. what is the best way to travel around Australia? -what are nice thing to see? Main body 1.What is the history of Australia? -Who are the Aborigines Aborigines came to Australia about 40,000 years ago. Anthropologists believe that the aborigines came from Southeast Asia. They probably cross the sea in a period when the sea level was low. The aborigines settled over the continent. The aborigines lived by hunting and collecting plants for food. And they developed a kind of fire-stick farming. The aborigines were divided into a lot of communities. When the Europeans settlers arrived there were 500 communities which each own dialect, territory and social organization. They only leave there territory for trade and ceremonies with other communities. Today there are about 314,000 aborigines in Australia, that is only 1,7% of the total population. Manny of them live in c
Australia was discovered by the British in 1788 when Captain James Cook landed in Australia. It then because a British penal colony. The British sent all their convicts to Australia. They established their own society there. Then Australia gained its independence in 1901, but it still remains a part of The Commonwealth.
