Exclusions:

• International Air Tickets
•  Internal Air Tickets
• Weekend stay surcharge in hotel if applicable
•  Tips to Drivers and Guide
•  Portage charge
• Camera Charges wherever applicable
• Any Option excursions other than mentioned in inclusions
•  Meals other than mentioned in inclusions
•  Travel Insurance
• Use of Hotel Services Minibar
• Laundry etc.

Note: Hotel component in above tour pricing is dynamic and subject to change at the time of confirmation.

Costing:

Total Cost per Adult AUD 560

The history of Australia is the history of the area and people of the Commonwealth of Australia with its preceding Indigenous and colonial societies. Aboriginal Australians arrived on the Australian mainland by sea from Maritime Southeast Asia between 40,000 and 70,000 years ago. The artistic, musical and spiritual traditions they established are among the longest surviving such traditions in human history.

The first known landing in Australia by Europeans was by Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606. Later that year, Spanish explorer Luís Vaz de Torres sailed through, and navigated, Torres Strait islands.[1] Twenty-nine other Dutch navigators explored the western and southern coasts in the 17th century, and dubbed the continent New Holland. Macassan trepangers visited Australia's northern coasts after 1720, possibly earlier. Other European explorers followed until, in 1770, Lieutenant James Cook charted the east coast of Australia for Great Britain and returned with accounts favouring colonisation at Botany Bay (now in Sydney), New South Wales.

A First Fleet of British ships arrived at Botany Bay in January 1788[2] to establish a penal colony, the first colony on the Australian mainland. In the century that followed, the British established other colonies on the continent, and European explorers ventured into its interior. Indigenous Australians were greatly weakened and their numbers diminished by introduced diseases and conflict with the colonists during this period.

Gold rushes and agricultural industries brought prosperity. Autonomous parliamentary democracies began to be established throughout the six British colonies from the mid-19th century. The colonies voted by referendum to unite in a federation in 1901, and modern Australia came into being. Australia fought on the side of Britain in the two world wars and became a long-standing ally of the United States when threatened by Imperial Japan during World War II. Trade with Asia increased and a post-war immigration programme received more than 6.5 million migrants from every continent. Supported by immigration of people from more than 200 countries since the end of World War II, the population increased to more than 23 million by 2014, and sustains the world's 12th largest national economy.

Perth was founded in 1829 largely because the British feared the French would establish a colony in Western Australia. In 1827 Captain James Stirling (1791-1865) sailed to the Swan River in his ship HMS Success. Stirling believed the area would be ideal for a settlement. He persuaded the British government to found a colony there, independent of the colony in New South Wales. Perth was named after the birthplace of Sir George Murray who was British Secretary of State for the Colonies when the city was founded in 1829. (However, Murray was not actually born in the town of Perth. He was born in Perthshire). However, this colony was not to be manned by convicts. Instead, the government would sell land cheaply to private citizens. (Ignoring the Indigenous Australians who lived there). The first ship to arrive in the Swan River Estuary was HMS Challenger captained by Charles Fremantle (1800-1869). On 2 May 1829, he claimed the whole of Australia outside New South Wales for Britain. Stirling arrived in June. He ran the new colony by the Swan River from 1829 to 1832 and from 1834 to 1838. The new colony developed on two sites. The port town was named Fremantle in honor of the Captain. Perth itself was founded on 12 August 1829. To mark the event a tree was cut down on the site of Kings Park. Soon there was a conflict between the European settlers and the Indigenous Australians. The indigenous people were driven off their land and many of them were killed. The conflict culminated in the Battle of Pinjarra.

Perth in the 19th Century: During the 19th century amenities in Perth improved. Royal Perth Hospital was established in 1855. Then in 1856 Perth was made a city. The same year Perth gained street lighting. Meanwhile Supreme Court Gardens were laid out in 1845. A park was laid out in 1872. In 1901 it was renamed Kings Park. Queens Gardens were laid out in 1899. Furthermore Perth Zoo opened in 1898. Perth Mint was established in 1899. Meanwhile a number of prominent buildings were erected in Perth. The Old Mill dates from 1835. The Old Court House was built in 1836. The Town Hall followed in 1870 and St George's Cathedral was built in 1888. Meanwhile Pensioner's Barracks was built in 1863. Most of the building was demolished in 1996 and only Barracks Arch remains. Perth grew slowly in the early 19th century. Nevertheless by 1850 there was a shortage of labour and the British government agreed to send convicts to the colony to work there. Parts of Perth were built by convict labor. Perth continued its slow growth in the late 19th century but in 1881 it was connected to Fremantle and Guildford by railway.

Perth in the 20th Century: In 1892 there was a gold rush in Western Australia and as a result the population of Perth boomed. Perth Mint was built in 1899 and the University of Western Australia was founded in 1911. At the end of the 19th century Perth gained an electricity supply and in 1899 electric trams began running in the streets. However the last trams in Perth ran in 1958. During the 1930s Perth, like the rest of the world suffered from the economic depression. In the early 1930s one man in four in Perth was unemployed. However full employment returned with World War II. Perth Concert Hall opened in 1973. In the late 20th century many more prominent buildings were erected in Perth. Those included AMP Building, which was erected in 1976, Governor Stirling Tower in 1978, Bank West Tower in 1988 and Bank West Building, which were built in 1988. Exchange Plaza was built in 1991. Allan Green Conservatory opened in 1979. Perth Fire Brigade Museum opened in 1985. Mardalup Park was laid out in 1997.

Perth in the 21st Century: Swan Bells Tower opened in Perth in 2001. Today the population of Perth is 2 million. Perth is the capital of Western Australia.