british claims
European knowledge of Australia and the pacific region remained until?
james cook
in 1788 the british sent a fleet of?
ships
british settlers drove many Aborigines off their?
land
During the late 1800s, Western nations divided the?
pacific islands among themselves
the pacific underwent major changes many of the changes caused?
world war 1
after spending 328 days mapping the new?
zealand coast
in the early british settlement the convicts these convicts where sent to create a new?
penal colony
the british also practiced forced?
assimilation
Different islands groups were controlled by?
britain, France, Germany and the united states
australia became a?
dominion
james cook sailed?
west across the tasman sea
britain continued to send prisoners into the?
1800s
british colonist took Aboriginal children away from there?
families
colonizers claimed some of the islands because of their?
natural resources
australia became a dominion in?
1907
cook reached the southern coast of australia in?
1770
free settlers also arrived to start?
farms and businesses
isolated in deserts and tropical forests
trading ships could use them to?
refuel and restock
during world war 1 britain and new zealand did what?
fought on britain's side
cook claimed both new zealand and australia for?
britain
sheep raising became a?
profitable industry
their poor quality service they received resulted in relatively?
high death rates and low rates of literacy
after world war 1 in 1918 japan took over?
germany's possessions in Micronesia
australia and new zealand belong to the british Commonwealth of nations which includes?
51 former british colonies