colonisation Flashcards
Reason of Colonisation?
The British empire suffered finance lose due to the war with America they needed some source of income and new places for their prisoners
What is terra nulius?
nobodies land in latin
Terra nulius in legal terms?
its not deemed uninhabited and unoccupied
Who were the first settlers?
Convicts and prisoners
who were the convicts?
The convicts were prisoners who were British citizens
Who were the free settlers?
British colonists/convicts how chose to start a new life in new south Wales
Wo was John MacArthur?
He was the fonder of the Merino wool industry.
Who was Caroline Chisholm?
She was the campaign for better working condition for women and colonist.
When did John come to Australia?
He came in 1767
When did Caroline Chisholm come to Australia?
She came in 1808
What where the impact of colonisation on the first nations people?
It created disease, caused an immediate loss of life, and the occupation of land by settlers.
What were the frontier wars?
It is the conflict between the colonist and the first nations people. In a sires or on going wars.
What year do the first fleet happen?
1788
How did the convict become convicts?
Most convicts where sentence to crimes such as stilling food and good due to being in poverty.
Who were female convicts?
they were either convicts/prisoners or convicts wives since women didnt get much of a choice back then
