This second edition has been brought up to date following the latest developments in the state. The human history of Western Australia, as of all Australia, stretches back some 60, 000 years. It is often assumed that European colonisation was very recent relative to the rest of Australia, but in fact it was contemporary with the first penal colony in Queensland, and while a South Australian settlement was still a gleam in Londons eye. Albany was first settled in 1826 and the Swan River settlement (later to become Perth) in 1829. It was also the first part of Australia to be even seen by Europeans: the Portuguese back in the early 1600s. The first 60 or 70 years of European settlement were very difficult, but when the gold rushes came in the late 1800s, WA was set on the path of mineral wealth that still drives its economy today.
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A Concise History of Western Australia
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Table of contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The First Immigrants
- Chapter 2: Arrival Of The Europeans
- Chapter 3: Britain Claims The West
- Chapter 4: Thomas Peel
- Chapter 5: The Dispersion
- Chapter 6: Northward And The Pastoralists
- Chapter 7: Convicts
- Chapter 8: Gold!
- Chapter 9: Other Natural Assets
- Chapter 10: Dealing With Difficulties
- Chapter 11: Poisons And Pests
- Chapter 12: Education – State And Church
- Chapter 13: Overcoming Isolation
- Chapter 14: Towards Self Government And Federation
- Chapter 15: Iron Ore
- Chapter 16: Petroleum
- Chapter 17: Western Australia At War
- Chapter 18: A Bountiful Land
- Chapter 19: Tertiary Education
- Chapter 20: Multiculturalism
- Chapter 21: WA Inc
- Chapter 22: Wrongful Convictions
- Chapter 23: Land Rights
- Chapter 24: Progress
- Bibliography
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