Australian Historical Stories Revealed

The remarkable features of Australian History could be
charted from the beginning of European settlement, thou many came to this continent way before that. Such as Dirk Van Harthog, a Dutch sailor, who named it New Holland in 1616. Then Abel tasman, who came apon Tasmania in
1642 and named it Van Diemen’s Land, this was in honour of the governor of Batavia. In the 1680s, William Dampier
landed on the north coast, then set sailed and returned in 1699 and documented the North Coast of new Guinea.
Then in 1770, Captain James Cook discovered the eastern side of New Holland and named it New South Wales. This opened the way for England to send out the First Fleet in 1787. This was due to the Botanist Joseph banks who in 1771 returned with James Cook, showed his artfacts gathered on their voyages. One that stood out was a Hemp plant picked up in New Zealand, called New Zealand Flax, the best flax in the world at that time, as at that time in history Hemp was commodity. This book Aussie Odyssey’s covers lots of outstanding facts on Australian History, right through to the present.
This book, Aussie Odyssey’s, brings together the Best of the Best, 59 outstanding short stories, that sketch the history of Australia’s Colonies and Conquests. As the roots of the present lie deep in the past and the real signifcance of past and present can not be grasped unless the historical causes that led to them are known, about Australian History
InTheBeginning.......................... . .... ..Page 3
The Discovery OfThe Southern Land..........Page 4
Australia The Last Known Haven OfThe Dinosaurs.....Page 5
The Discovery Of Australia .......................... . .......Page 6
Ayres Rock (Uluru) ......................................... .. . . ..Page 7
The Hemp And Convict Colony ......................... ..Page 8
The~First Fleet .......................................................... “Page 9
The Beginning Of Australian Settlements..................... ..Page 1 1
Australia Day ............................................................................. ..Page 13
Governor Phillips, Bennelong - Yemmerrawannie ...... ..Page 14
La Perouse ................................................................................ ..Page 16
(Pigeon) Jundumurra .................................................................... ..Page l7
The Walmulla Aborigines .............................................................. ..Page 20
Native Australians Accept White People ................................ _.Page 23
The Farm Dynasties ..................................................................... . Page 25
A Scorched Land ........................................................................ ..Page 27
Sydney Town ............................................................................. ..Page 31
Establishing The Commonwealth Of Australia .............. ..Page 33
The Beginning Of Australian Prime Ministers ................. ..Page 35
The Murrumbidgee Water Plan ............................................ ..Page 36
Ex - Convicts And The Brisbane City Site. . . . .. ......Page 38
Henry Craig And ThatFinger .. ...Page 39
The First White Child Of The Colony To Become Brisbane. . . . . .. ,.......Page 40
lzzy_Chapman ....................................... ......Page 41
Barney Duff ............................................ .. ....Page 44
The Kwiambal Aboriginals ............................................................ ..Page 45
Justice For The Kwiambal Aboriginals ................................... ..Page 47
Colonisation of Western Australia .......................................... ..Page 49
Highway Bush Rangers ...................................................... ..... ..Page 50
Lady Jane Griffin Franklin ......................................................... ..Page 52
Chief Billibulary - And The First Troopers .......................... ..Page 54
Thomas Tucker And Van Diemen Land Aborigi............... ..Page 56
Camels In Australia .................................................................... "Page 58
The White Thorntree ................................................................... ..Page 59
Blanket Day ............................................................................. ..Page 61
Jerry Jerome ............................................................................. ..Page 61
Australian Stock King .................................................................. ..Page 62
The Hunters Of Heads .................................................................. ..Page 64
41. The Jardine Brothers ................................................................. ..Page 66
42. The Birth Of Harspastim .......................................................... ..Page 68
43. Noseless Bob Howard .............................................................. ..Page 69
44. Truganini, The Last Papuan Aboriginal .... .........Page 71
45. Norman Lindsay .......................................................................... ..Page 73
46. The Kellys ....................................................................................... ..Page 74
47. Yagan ............................................................................................... ..Page 77
48. Pat & The Cat ............................................................................... ..Page 78
49. The Golden Paddy ........Page 79
50. Australian Opals ........................................................................... ..Page 80
51. Alec Wickam, The Australian Crawl ...................................... ..Page 80
‘ 52. Australia’s First Movie Producer .......................................... ..Page 81
53. Women’s Crickiet ......................................................................... ..Page 83
54. Two~Up At Thomrno’s........ .........Page 84
55. Cocaine; ........................................................................................... ..Page 84
56. They Torpedoed The Centour ................................................. ..Page 85
57. The Y.H.A’s Birth ........................................................................... ..Page 86
58. Artist Albert Namatjira .............................................................. ..Page 88
59. Peter Raymond Kocan Would Be Assassin............................
Go Now And Enjoy The Journey Through Australia's History
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