How Europeans Almost Divided Australia | History

In this video, we look at the surprising plans various European countries made to colonize Australia, and explore the reasons they failed. Find us here too! Patreon: https://bit.ly/38lBSFb Lucinox – Our Science Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM2dfLR3BR0CHuePEDtxAZw The following music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Download available at incompetech.com -Intrepid -Majestic Hills -Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049 [orig. by JS Bach] These songs provided by the YouTube audio library -Summer Symphony Ball Sources and further reading Macknight, C. (2008). A useless discovery? Australia and its people in the eyes of others from Tasman to Cook. The Globe: Journal of the Australian Map Circle, 61, 1-10. https://bit.ly/3MeuOJc https://bit.ly/3w9ed3W https://ab.co/3FLF5dI https://bit.ly/3PiOgqf https://bit.ly/38oHnDa https://bit.ly/3w8gZqi Picture Attributions By Hellerick - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://bit.ly/3McbhcB By Lencer - "own work", used:Australia discoveries by Europeans before 1813 de.png by User:LencerGeneric Mapping Tools and SRTM30https://bit.ly/3l3vuFw, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://bit.ly/39iaSXe By TCY - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://bit.ly/3N8BsAQ By Joy Engelman, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://bit.ly/3w9abIJ By Stephan Ridgway @Flickr - https://bit.ly/3FPBj2Y, CC BY 2.0, https://bit.ly/3ywGnYb By Nya Sverige.png: Original uploader was Tony92 at fr.wikipediaUSA New Jersey location map.svg: AlexrkUSA New York location map.svg: NordNordWestUSA Delaware location map.svg: Alexrk2derivative work: Arnapha - Nya Sverige.pngUSA New Jersey location map.svgUSA New York location map.svgUSA Delaware location map.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://bit.ly/3FL9Gbm By Alexander Altenhof - Own work. Source of Information:Historical atlases– Map "1815 - L'Europe apès le Congrès de Vienne" (Author unknown)(Link)– Ramsay Muir, George Philip (ed.): Philip's New School Atlas of Universal History, George Philip & Son, Ltd., London 1928– Dr. Walter Leisering (ed.): Putzger Historischer Weltatlas, Cornelsen Verlag, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-464-00176-8– Bayerischer Schulbuch-Verlag (ed.): Großer Historischer Weltatlas, Dritter Teil, Neuzeit, Bayerischer Schulbuch-Verlag, München 1981, ISBN 3-7627-6021-7.– Prof. Dr. Hans-Erich Stier, Prof. Dr. Ernst Kirsten a. o. (ed.): Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte, Orbis Verlag, München 1990, ISBN 3-7627-6021-7Other publications– Reinhard Stauber: Der Wiener Kongress, Böhlau Verlag, Wien/Köln/Weimar 2014, ISBN 978-3-8252-4095-0– Thierry Lentz: 1815. Der Wiener Kongress und die Neugründung Europas, Siedler Verlag, München 2014, ISBN 978-3-8275-0027-4, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://bit.ly/3McbnAZ By ArnoldPlaton - Own work, based on this map and the map from this article, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://bit.ly/3sxmrkq By Charles (Chhrls)Memnon335bc - Derived from:File:Swedish_Empire_(1560-1815)_blank.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://bit.ly/3wnqLUd AHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!