Australia

AUSTRALIA
Final Project


2012
Maria Susana Barriga Valdez
Universidad del Valle de México
07/09/2012

INDEX
INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………......3
HISTORY……………………………………………………………………...….3
Discovery Journey………………………………………………..….....3
Aborigines…...………………………………………………………......6
PenalColony……………………………………………………….…...6
1778’s................................................................................................7
INMIGRATION HISTORY...............................................................................7
NATIVE HISTORY..........................................................................................9
Regionalgroups................................................................................9
POLITICS......................................................................................................11
Legislative,Executive, Judicial, Elections........................................11
State and local government.............................................................12
Ideology in AustralianPolitics..........................................................12
Politic Parties...................................................................................13
ECONOMY.....................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Australia ,officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainlandof the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. Neighboring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north; the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east.
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Capital | Canberra |
Largestcity | Sydney |
National language | English |
Area | 7,617,930 km2 |
Population | 2011 census- | 21,507,717 |
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HISTORY
Discovery Journey.
* James Cook

Route Cook's first voyage (1768-1771).

So Phillip gave orders to move north, to the place that Cook had named Port Jackson but had not explored in depth. It was a place of Sydney Cove settlement that took place in Sydney.For several years, the site would still generally called Botanic Bay. Here were the first scientific expeditions to document the flora and fauna of Australia.

The HMB Endeavour, the ship's first voyage, later give its name to the the space shuttle Endeavour and Endeavour River.

* Phillip Parker King
Lieutenant Phillip Parker King, one of the most important early charters of Australia’scoast, made three marine surveying expeditions to northern Australia in 1819, 1820, and 1821. All three expeditions included visits to Fitzroy Island, located about 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Cairns. On King's first visit, he drew attention to the availability of drinking water and the presence of aboriginal people in the area.
* Owen Stanley
In June 1848, Captain Owen Stanley undertook aten-day hydrographic depth sounding survey of the Trinity Bay region. His consequent official map listed "Native Huts" at present-day Palm Cove, and "Many Natives" and "Native Village" on the stretch of coast immediately north. Green Island was marked "Low Bushes", and the future site of Cairns was indicated as "Shoal" and "Mangroves".
* Official settlement
The first government officials arrivedby boat and pitched their tents opposite the site of the present-day Pacific International hotel. On 7 October 1876, the Governor of Queensland, William Wellington Cairns, proclaimed a new northern port at Trinity Bay. On 1 November 1876, the township was inaugurated at a luncheon given by Captain T. A. Lake on board the Government ship, SS Victoria. This is...