19. Early settlements – difficult because soil was poor *people didn’t like the native plants for food
20. Effects of settlers on aborigines – lands were taken away by settlers *put up little resistance *weakened by western diseases; use of alcohol, and breakdown of tribal ties
27. Australian Gold Rush – gold was discovered in the interior of Australia and caused the west to grow
28. Edward Hargreaves – 1 st to discover gold in Australia "There is as much gold in the country I’m going to as there is in California, and Her Most Gracious Majesty, the Queen, God bless her, will appoint me one of her Gold Commissioners". - Edward Hargraves