Chapter 4 Australia 2.pptVIP

Chapter 4 Australian Tax System PartⅠ A brief history of Australia tax system Australia in brief Ancient heritage, modern society European settlement Captain James Cook, aboard the Endeavour, extended a scientific voyage to the South Pacific in order to further chart the east coast of Australia and claim it for the British Crown in1770. Britain decided to use its new outpost as a penal colony. The First Fleet of 11 ships carried about 1500 people – half of them convicts. The fleet arrived in Sydney Harbour on 26 January 1788, and it is on this day every year that Australia Day is celebra