Why Did Bristow Leave Australia

With 250,000 soldiers returning to Australia, they found work with varying success. The men found that in their absence, women were more widely employed in industrial jobs, therefore, taking the jobs usually occupied by men. This is because they worked just as efficiently but were only paid half the wage of a man. Employers were not eager to fire their female employees to allow spaces for he returned soldiers, especially because few of the soldiers had the skills for basic work. Australia was unprepared for the sudden influx of new workers since there was no job security, public assistance or any guarantee that the diggers would be able to find employment once they returned

This was good for both countries, as Britain was struggling with the repatriation of many of its soldiers, and unemployment was at record highs in that country, and Australia desperately needed its population to rise to help develop a new nation. This incentive program was ultimately very successful, with over 300 000 (Bereson, 2000) British nationals emigrating to Australia, bringing skills, labour force and population growth to drive the economy forward. One component of this immigration program was that offered involved land settlements to Allied ex-servicemen, and 17 000 ex-soldiers took this opportunity. This led to greater farm and industry production, which fed the growth of a young Australia.

Between 1788 and 1868, as a punishment for crime, around 160 000 British and Irish convicts were transported to the Australian colonies. A decision was made to transport criminals to Australia in order for them to work. The decision was made against those who committed crimes. This was a beneficial settlement, which forced convicts to leave their country and work in Australia. The convicts, when transported to Australia, lived a very harsh and disciplined life.

The ending of World War 2 was a significant event in the early nineteenth century in which killed over 60 million people. With World War 2 beginning in 1945, it triggered numerous disasters that caused chaos to the world and carried out the seriousness of re-populating our society. Some people may think that the ending of world war 2 had no contribution on leading migrants to Australia, but It was in fact one of the most significant event in history that contributed to migration in Australia. This event created a dramatic change in our world is what helped to revolutionize our society. The Ten Pound Pom Scheme, Populate or Perish and the Displace Person Scheme were all main factors after the ending of the World War 2 that helped contribute to the migration to Australia.

As as result of the relocation of people from England to Australia, it turned Australia into the land of opportunity and made for a better world. It benefited England and the world for many reasons such as securing trade routes with China. The movement of the convicts also spread fear among english society deterring crime. Furthermore, some of the convicts were fortunate enough to the opportunity to live and potentially earn their freedom. Crime rates rose and England's jails become overcrowded with prisoners they resorted to using prison hulks as temporary, makeshift confinements on the river Thames eventually leading to the penal transportation to Australia.

With the already little population of 5 million Australian people and the loss of 300,000 men, this should have been a dark time, but to make up on that loss Australia received 300,000 migrants. These Migrants came from Britain. As there was a large amount of unemployment the British government encouraged the people of britain to migrate to Australia. Also the

30 years after the colonisation of the Wurundjeri peoples land, Simon Wonga, the Ngurungaeta or headman of the Wurundjeri people, was determined to attain land for his people and applied to the board for a piece of land on which they could farm and maintain. Wonga befriended a Scottish pastor named John Green and his wife Mary Green who shared a common interest in attaining land with him. With Wonga’s approval, they set to educate the Wurundjeri children so that they could adapt to this new colonial world, Mary educated her children along with the Wurundjeri children on the property that they were temporarily residing in, today known as Yering located 50km from Melbourne (Wurundjeri council?). After waiting tirelessly for the government to instruct them on which land they could settle on, Wonga led his people back to their country in 1863 located on the Yarra river in the area known today as Badger

On the Thursday 1st of October 1863 the 'Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser', re-published an article from the ‘Yass Courier’, once again in regards to the burning of John O’Meally’s families homestead and public house, conducted arbitrarily by the NSW Police. However, in what could only be described as sympathetic comment from this particular correspondent writing from the ‘Yass Courier’, who furthermore, may also be the same gentleman who wrote the earlier article on Ben Hall’s path to bushranging, and of Hall’s current notoriety, again broached the subject of the burning of Hall’s former home in the article, however, it must be remembered that Ben Hall no longer held any equity in the Sandy Creek property, as ownership was relinquished after September of 1862.

When asked questions about things we have never experienced before it is hard to give a proper answer, all you can do is assume and imagine but you can never give an exact precise response. So when asked if Australia was a Fatal shore for everyone or if it was a land of opportunity, all you can do is assume and imagine based on the available information provided because you don’t really know the answer because you have not experienced it firsthand. From the information provided, Australia was more of a Fatal Shore than it was a land of opportunity. For both convicts and free settlers life in Australia was extremely harsh. The lifestyle of Australia was extremely different to the environment that they were used to back home in England and it would have been hard for them to adapt to. However life in Australia wasn’t all that bad, for most of the convicts it was a second chance at life and for the free settlers it was a great opportunity to make their fortune.

On the 26th of January 1788, Australia was settled by the British who came in the First Fleet. The First Fleet was made up of 11 ships, holding 1,350 convicts, soldiers and settlers. Australia became the new penal colony as prisons were overflowing in Britain due to America’s Independence and refusal to take more convicts. Recently, there has been much debate over whether this colonisation of Australia was an invasion or settlement. An invasion is an unwelcome intrusion into another’s domain. Whereas a settlement is the process of establishing a settlement or settlements. Clearly, when considering these definitions, it can be seen that the colonisation of Australia was intended to be a peaceful settlement, but soon turned

Flannery delves into the formation of the continent, the evolution of its species, the origin of the aboriginal people, the arrival and development of European society, and the possible future of the continent and its people. While many of it is an accurate description of the country and provides a good background, a visit to the land itself would more accurately provide an idea of the state of Australia.12 The experience of the aboriginal people became very hard as a result of European colonization. Some were wiped out by war and disease, others left their land to avoid this. Some left willingly, others were forced.

By the nineteenth century, Australia had a relatively affluent, well-housed, well-fed and a healthy population. The first increase in population occurred in 1830 when a bounty system, to catch escaped convicts, was introduced and immigration was assisted on a large scale. During the 1850’s the gold rushes bought the next influx of immigrants and Australia’s population more than doubled over a period of ten years. In this time before 1860, population grew largely due to immigration rather than natural increase. In most urban areas a higher rate of population or ‘an increasing degree of urbanisation’ may be gained through natural increase, from immigration or a sizeable movement from rural to urban areas. In Australia it was a merging of these three factors that encouraged urbanisation. Yet, over seas migration was the most important source of Australian metropolitan population growth, followed closely by natural increase. Rural to urban drift of population was much less important, except during the post gold-rush periods. The demographic variables such as age structure, fertility, mortality, and marriage rates were also of considerable economic, social and political significance, advancing

Noel Pearson’s speech ‘an Australian history for us all’ discusses his approach to trying to solve some of the most systemic problems facing Australian Aboriginals today. The speakers are successful in understanding the ideas and values of the speech. Through the uses of various language techniques and context, Pearson’s speech details the struggles of the relationship between the first European settlers and Aboriginal Australians.

The Australian Aborigines were the original occupants of Australia but like most continents western settlers came for the opportunity of new land. Due to the colonialism in 1788, when European settlement in Australia began as banished prisoners, Australia’s white population was about 400,000. Today, over 20 million white Australians occupy the continent. Out of those 20 million Australians, only 2.5% of the population are Australian Aborigines. With the discovery of gold just outside Bathurst in 1851, the nature of Australian migration changed completely.

Before we understand Ned’s story we must understand Austraila before Ned. Australia was first inhabited by the Aborigonals (the indigenous people) and was left alone by the outside world until Europeans first had set sail for the country at around 1606. Between 1606 and 1770 an estimated 54 European ships had came to Australia. Most of these European ships were from the Dutch East India Company and for a small time became New Holland. It wasn’t until August of 1770 that somebody officially claimed Australia his name was Lieutenant James Cook. Cook had claimed Australia in the name for King George the Third and renamed Australia to New South Wales. Once claimed, two fleets came to Australia the first had eleven ships with about 1,350 people on it. The second fleet had provided food and supplies that were badly needed but many on the second fleet were ill and many were near death. None of the people on the second fleet were helpful to the colonies. One thing to note is that many of the people getting sent to Australia were pervious convicts not only that, but in 1790 there was one woman to four men.This made making a new colony