Give Three Reasons Why It Was Difficult To Find The Great Southern Land
VU21481 Research events in Australian history, post 1770
Task 1
1. The Great Southern Land (Australia)
2. Give three reasons why it was difficult to look for the “Great Southern Land”.
1) The sea was dangerous
2) The wind did not always blow in the right direction for the sea travel.
3) It was such a long way it was difficult to bring enough food and water.
3. Give four reasons why people wanted to find the “Great Southern Land” (Australia)
People could make a lot of money from trade and from getting things at real resources; people loved the idea of sea adventures and new countries. Era land was very interested in setting up aural blue and supply post in the southern
4. Who was Captain James Cook?
Captain James Cook was a seaman in the Royal Navy and was also an astronomer , mathematician, cartographer and photographer .
5. What five skills did Captain Cook have?
Five skills: sea travel skill, astronomer skill, math …show more content…
This event began in 1851, Edward Har-graves discovered a grain of gold at Ophir,soon. Miners rushed to gold field in New South Wales and Victoria. Thousands of immigrants moved to Australia from all over the world, Australia’s pop-ulation was growing, and mining industry began o develop. Then Eureka Stockade in 1854, 28 men were killed, 2 Gold was discovered in Queensland in 1858 one fifth of adult men in Victoria were Chinese in1860-1861; Gold ws discovered in western Australia in 1864; Gold was discovered in Queensland in 1867. There are main thing happened during gold rush. Gold rush is so important to Australia, because gold and the search for this precious metal had played a major role in our nation has developed. It’s influence has left us with the enduring legacy of exploration immigration, re-search and industrial books. The gold seekers from all over the world brought an enormous rang of skills, professions and cultures. Thanks for them make our nation rich and beautiful
Task 1
1. The Great Southern Land (Australia)
2. Give three reasons why it was difficult to look for the “Great Southern Land”.
1) The sea was dangerous
2) The wind did not always blow in the right direction for the sea travel.
3) It was such a long way it was difficult to bring enough food and water.
3. Give four reasons why people wanted to find the “Great Southern Land” (Australia)
People could make a lot of money from trade and from getting things at real resources; people loved the idea of sea adventures and new countries. Era land was very interested in setting up aural blue and supply post in the southern
4. Who was Captain James Cook?
Captain James Cook was a seaman in the Royal Navy and was also an astronomer , mathematician, cartographer and photographer .
5. What five skills did Captain Cook have?
Five skills: sea travel skill, astronomer skill, math …show more content…
This event began in 1851, Edward Har-graves discovered a grain of gold at Ophir,soon. Miners rushed to gold field in New South Wales and Victoria. Thousands of immigrants moved to Australia from all over the world, Australia’s pop-ulation was growing, and mining industry began o develop. Then Eureka Stockade in 1854, 28 men were killed, 2 Gold was discovered in Queensland in 1858 one fifth of adult men in Victoria were Chinese in1860-1861; Gold ws discovered in western Australia in 1864; Gold was discovered in Queensland in 1867. There are main thing happened during gold rush. Gold rush is so important to Australia, because gold and the search for this precious metal had played a major role in our nation has developed. It’s influence has left us with the enduring legacy of exploration immigration, re-search and industrial books. The gold seekers from all over the world brought an enormous rang of skills, professions and cultures. Thanks for them make our nation rich and beautiful