When Did Australia Become Colonised? Britain’s first contact with Australia came with Captain Cook’s voyage in the ship Endeavour. He landed in Australia in 1770 and claimed it as a British territory. The process of colonisation began in 1788. When did Australia start to get colonized? European settlement. The British government determined on settling New…
Was Japan Going To Invade Australia? In December 1941 the Navy proposed including an invasion of Northern Australia as one of Japan’s “stage two” war objectives after South-East Asia was conquered. Why did the Japanese want to invade Australia? MOSELEY: On the 19th of February, 1942, war came to Australia’s shores. Japan wanted to destroy…
How Many Indigenous People In Australia? Population size and location In 2016, an estimated 798,400 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were in Australia, representing 3.3% of the total Australian population (ABS 2019c). Among the Indigenous Australian population in 2016: 91% identified as being of Aboriginal origin (an estimated 727,500 people) What is the indigenous…