THE FRENCH
Fascinating facts French exploration of New Holland 1768 Louis Antoine de Bougainville was stopped 100 km from the coast of New Holland by the Great Barrier Reef.
What is a revolution? Use a dictionary to find the meaning of the word.
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1792 François Aleno de St Alouarn sails along the WA coast, burying the ‘Act of Possession’ and claiming the west coast of New Holland for France.
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lthough there were great troubles in France between 1792 and 1815, the French government wished for its country to be the leader of all nations in scientific discoveries. It paid for many scientific voyages across the globe.
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1792–93 Antoine Bruni d’Entrecasteaux circumnavigates Australia one and a half times in the vessel Recherche in search of La Perouse. Lands in Tasmania twice.
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etween 1792 and 1815, France was at war! The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars raged on, mostly due to France’s leader, Napoleon Bonaparte, and his hunger for power.
Britain and France were often at war and were competing for new land and trade opportunities. Look in an encyclopedia to find the French and British flags. Draw and colour them in your book.
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The French set foot on Australian soil. Members of the Dufresne expedition land at Marion Bay, Tasmania, and the first contact with Tasmanian Aborigines is recorded.
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1802 Nicolas Baudin charts the south and west coasts.
1801–1803 Baudin crosses paths with Matthew Flinders on 8 April 1802 near the South Australian coast – now named Encounter Bay. 1818 Freycinet returns to take Vlamingh’s plate to Paris.
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1801 Louis de Freycinet finds Vlamingh’s pewter plate on Dirk Hartog Island.
of French ships from the 1700s.
o c . che e r o t r s super uropeans were very interested in the mysterious land in the French ships sailing west towards the unknown horizon
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south. At this time, maps had many blank spaces and errors.
For many years, the French and the British travelled across the globe, racing each other to discover new land and claim it as their own. Plan and write a narrative story called ‘The great race’! You are the captain of a French ship racing against a British ship to discover and claim the land, Australia. 48
Australia on the map
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