Before the first fleet Australia was a place where indigenous people called home. They would hunt and gather with no care, that was until the first fleet arrived in Botany Bay. When the first fleet of convicts arrived they took over all the indigenous people's land to make farms and to build towns. Life was difficult for some people but for others they did very well. After the first fleet of convicts came, people chose to come because they wanted to, they were called free settlers, then followed the gold rush which brought people from all races, nationalities and countries to Australia, the place we now call home. Without these people what would Australia be like today, would we be living here or in another place?
The very first people to come and colonise in Australia were Convicts apart of the first fleet from Britain. They were forced to come to Australia to make more room in the jails in London. The first fleet of convicts left Portsmouth in may 1787 and arrived in Botany Bay on the 20th of January 1788. The trip was a very rough and long trip that had limited food which made living conditions very bad, 717 arrived safely whilst 40 convicts and 5 other people were killed in the first fleet. He first fleet were the first non indigenous people to build a nation in Australia so they had to start from the bottom and build everything themselves and grow food so that they would not starve to death. Living as a convict then would be terrible because you would be taken away from your country and family to build a new nation in a foreign Country. It was the free settlers that arrived in 1790 that really shaped the way Australia is today. The free settlers chose to …show more content…
People came from far and wide to try their hand at finding gold, most were unsuccessful. The diggers who did come to Australia would usually have to leave their families behind because it was too dangerous but they would sometimes bring their sister to do the cooking and cleaning for them. Not all the diggers were me, about one-quarter of the diggers on the gold field in 1852 were women. Due to the fact that their was so many nationalities and countries that came for the gold rush people from the same countries would often Pitch their tents together in a circle and would eat and sleep together. One of the countries that lots of people came from was China. The number of Chinese on the goldfields grew quickly from 4000 in 1854 to 50000 in 1860. The goldfields were overrun with Chinese and everyone else hated it, they soon started to rebel against the Chinese and make their lives difficult. Everyone that came to the goldfields knew the risk of having no food and minimal shelter but they risked it to win big.
Australia is a truly amazing place made up of so many different types of people, from such different walks of life. We are a country made that started from one fleet of convicts and it has grown to become the fantastic place we know of today. The convicts started the colony then the free settlers helped Australia become a nation then came the gold rush that sparked the migration
The very first people to come and colonise in Australia were Convicts apart of the first fleet from Britain. They were forced to come to Australia to make more room in the jails in London. The first fleet of convicts left Portsmouth in may 1787 and arrived in Botany Bay on the 20th of January 1788. The trip was a very rough and long trip that had limited food which made living conditions very bad, 717 arrived safely whilst 40 convicts and 5 other people were killed in the first fleet. He first fleet were the first non indigenous people to build a nation in Australia so they had to start from the bottom and build everything themselves and grow food so that they would not starve to death. Living as a convict then would be terrible because you would be taken away from your country and family to build a new nation in a foreign Country. It was the free settlers that arrived in 1790 that really shaped the way Australia is today. The free settlers chose to …show more content…
People came from far and wide to try their hand at finding gold, most were unsuccessful. The diggers who did come to Australia would usually have to leave their families behind because it was too dangerous but they would sometimes bring their sister to do the cooking and cleaning for them. Not all the diggers were me, about one-quarter of the diggers on the gold field in 1852 were women. Due to the fact that their was so many nationalities and countries that came for the gold rush people from the same countries would often Pitch their tents together in a circle and would eat and sleep together. One of the countries that lots of people came from was China. The number of Chinese on the goldfields grew quickly from 4000 in 1854 to 50000 in 1860. The goldfields were overrun with Chinese and everyone else hated it, they soon started to rebel against the Chinese and make their lives difficult. Everyone that came to the goldfields knew the risk of having no food and minimal shelter but they risked it to win big.
Australia is a truly amazing place made up of so many different types of people, from such different walks of life. We are a country made that started from one fleet of convicts and it has grown to become the fantastic place we know of today. The convicts started the colony then the free settlers helped Australia become a nation then came the gold rush that sparked the migration