Origins of Australia
- First residents were British prisoners
- Joined by free men and women from Great Britain
Australia as a British colony
- Rich conolnists took the best land
- Bushrangers held up wagons carrying gold
- Most famous bushranger was Ned Kelly
Australia as a commonwealth
- Became commonwealth in 1901
- Australians had right to make laws and elect leaders
CARVING UP AFRICA
Countries that claimed control of African land
- Belgium
- Germany
- Portugal
- Italy
- Great Britain
Effects on Africa
- Border lines divided friendly tribes and put hostile tribes together
- European control replaced authority of the family, the clan and the chief
