info from: http://www.cultureand/creation.gov/au/articles/australianhistory/
Australian History
The people that are native to
Australia are
called Aboriginies. They lived in
Australia in
tribes.When the first settlers came, much conflict was created. James Cook was
the first man to land on
Australia. He
claimed the land for the King.
The King decided that he didn’t
like the land, so he sent convicts, or people that have committed crimes, to
Australia after
the American War of Independence.The First Fleet of convicts came and death and
disease has spread. After a while, the convicts despretely needed supplies.
48 convicts died before the Second
Fleet came. When the second Fleet came, the supples were relieved, but there was
287 convicts dead, with both the Second and First Fleet conbined. That is the
reason that the fleets are called “Death Fleet”
In present-day
Australia,
January 26 is Australia Day, a holiday for some. For others, it is a day of
mourning and protest because the founding of
Australia led to
death and disease.