A Super Quick History of Australia

Sources:

“A Concise History of Australia” by Stuart Macintyre (2016), Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, Victoria.

“Australian Aborigines: The Languages and Customs of Several Tribes of Aborigines in the Western District of Victoria, Australia” by James Dawson (1881), Cambridge University Press, New York. (2009 edition).

Pictures Requiring Attribution:

Ghedoghedo

Sailko

Steve Evans

Graham Crumb

Archives New Zealand

Lindsaybridge

Phillip Capper

Lost Parables

[wannabeg]

Something I really appreciate about your videos is you don’t feel the need to tell your audience that something is bad and drag the perpetrators for 5 minutes every time some historical tragedy is mentioned. You say it plainly and honestly, then move on. Bravo.

[brynsimper]

first of all, love the accent. and second of all this whole video was just great, i really appreciate it :)

[Omnigreen]

Nice style of videos, wish prosperity to your channel!

[srdrs]

Great content and really engaging. Looking forward to more from Mr. History!

[antmanatthemoment]

This is probably the first time talking about Australian history that talks about inter tribal warfare between Aboriginals, because they always portray the violence as a one sided thing, in regards to Europeans vs Aboriginals and I don't think that helps anyone

[mds]

Well done Mr. History! Great video, great content, well researched.
Keep up the great work!

[aaronsaunders]

Sydney is so iconic! I had it 4 wallpaper on my ipad

[zebraz]

That giant wombat is called diprotodon

[abdoumsd]

Thank you Britain for making Australia

[sillyriver]

Thanks for this video. I'm just looking for simple videos that explain the history of the countries that I would like to learn about. : )

[epicplayz]

Thank you for the help with my history assessment

[petersiekmann]

A rather rapid summary, but 9 out of 10. However, the Kokoda track campaign was Australian only. Apart from that....

[john_molden]

Point of clarification... he is known as Captain Cook, but he was lieutenant Cook when he was sailing to discover Australia

[oliveiragabrielm]

fabulous fantastic video! I hope someday I'll be able to visit Australia!

[nobodyinparticular]

This channel is from Australia, it says on the about page

[georgesmith]

Finally a good fun video on straya that's almost accurate. especially the bits about the 1st people.
But there were no U.S troops on the Kokoda track. The Kokoda track was entirely Australian, with many Aussie senior officers literally dis-obeying orders from generals who weren't there. After Aussies retook Kokoda the U.S did supply aerial food and supply drops but there were no U.S. boots on the track. Some US troops were on the ground at Buna and Gona (so MacArthur could grab some credit) but they weren't ready for the Japanese and were mostly ineffective. There was a U.S. Construction battalion at Milne Bay were the Aussie stop stopped the Japanese onslaught (The first land victory against Japan in the War)

[blbreptiles]

It was founded as a prison colony and it still is to this day

[juanitaforeman]

Excellent! I'm going to show it as a precursor to learning the song, We are Australian. Thank you very much!

[karenwherearethekids]

What about the war they lost against the emus

[rachaelappold]

It's better to call this group of people "Indigenous Australians".