Anything of historical interest happen here?

>>3116318

Of course. It is a shame that our historical cirriculum does not teach it. All we get is; Indigenous peoples, gold rush, WW2 and Veitnam.

>>3116351
Do you have any recommended books to read about our history?
And those topics are exactly why I hated learning about australian history. Basically the eureka rebellion and ned kelly were supposed to be the most important and interesting thing that happened but frankly I feel bored just thinking about it.

Mankind and birdkind clashed.

>>3116365

Two classics are Manning Clarks 'History/Short History of Australia' and Geoffrey Blaineys' 'Tyranny of Distance'. If you want more pop-history, go for 'True Girt' by David Hunt but be warned, it suffers form the same overfocus on indigenous/bushranger stuff you get from school.

I found the podcast 'Last Stop to Nowhere' to be really good. Especially their series on the Rum Rebellion and the Frontier Wars. Also interesting is the one about the Batavia and the Somerton Man. Would recommend all of them.

>>3116318
They thought Australia and Antarctica were one big continent.

>>3116382

Also Aum Shinriko

-first social democratic government ever elected
-first major impliamention of female suffarage
-a battle by colonial elites to try and create a colonial feudal state
-a suprising amount of invention
-Japan driven into isolation
-suprisingly good soldiers
- nomads getting btfo'd without wars

>>3116373
the birds won, this is important

>>3116318
Not really.

t. Australian

>>3116412
think that was a myth bro

I FOUGHT THE BIRDS AND THE BIRDS WON.

>>3116318
Fun fact: Maoris discovered New-Zealand around 1280 CE which is about the same time King Edward I of England started the use of drawing and quartering as a punishment for traitors.

>>3116318
People fighting giant eagles and other kaiju.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haast%27s_eagle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procoptodon

I just saw this article the other day:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-40651473

Recent find suggests humans have been living in Australia for at least 65,000 years