U CANOT GAT PAOPLE 2 UNDARSTAND TEH HIS2RY OF A COUNTRY UNL3S U HAEV SOM3 KIND OF CHRONOLOGICAL NARATIEV TAACHNG OF HIS2RY.AND!11!1!!11!11111!!!!!!!111 OMG LOL THES IEDA TAHT U SHUD MOVE AWAY FROM SORT OF KNOWNG WHEN DA BATLE OF HASTNGS WAS OR KNOWNG WHEN CAPTANE COK CME 2 AUSTRALIA OR KNOWNG WHEN CERTANE THNGS OCURAD SIMPLEY B/C O TAHTS AN OLD-HAT ROTE WAY OF LEARNNG SI RIDICULOS!1!1!11!! - TEH PRIEM MINISTER MR JON HOWARD 206

SO!!!1!!!1! OMG LOL Y SHUD A MOD3RN AUSTRALIAN R ABOUT WHAN DA BATL3 OF HASTNGS WAS ANYWAY??!?!?!? MOST OF TEH U AUSTRALIANS I HAEV SPOK3N 2 JUST DONT GIEV A DMN

MR!!11!1 HOWARD SPOKA OF DA CHRONOLOGICAL NARATIEV OF HIS2RY!!1!!!!1 OMG IN OTHER WORDS WUT HAP3N3D IN WUT ORDAR!1!11!! WTF LOL I SUSPECT TAHT HE PIK3D TEH BATLA OF HASTNGS B/C IT SI A PARTICULARLEY FMOS AND SIGNIFICANT TURNNG POINT IN DA HIS2RY OF EUROPA AND ITS CULTURAL DEP3NDENTS

IN!!!!!1! OMG LOL SHORT IF IT WER3 NOT FOR DA BATL3 OF HASTNGS WAD AL PROBABLEY B SP3AKNG PORTUGUESE

BFORA!1!!! WTF DA NORMAN INVASION BRITANE CONSISTAD OF A GAGLE OF SAXON AND DANISH KNGDOMS WITHOUT ANY C3NTRAL ORGANISATION FR3QU3NTLEY AT WAR!!!11 OMG WILIMS INVASION OF BRITANE IN 106 SET DA STAEG FOR DA ASTABLISHM3NT AND EXPANSION OF TEH BRITISH EMPIER

TH3!!1!11!! NORMANS WUT 3LS3 THAY MIGHT HAEV BEN WERA ORGANIESRS!11!!1 DA ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE STAETS OF THES PERIOD .AND!1!!!!!!1!!!111!1111!! TH3N DA NORMANS CM3 AND BUILT CASTL3S!!!!! OMG DA NORMANS ORGANIESD THEYRE LAND AND THERE HOLDNGS AND DOCUMENTED EVARYTHNG!!!11 OMG WTF TEH FIRST CENSUS OF BRITANE TEH DOMASDAY BOK WAS COMPLAT3D IN 1086 AT DA COMAND OF KNG WILIM!1!11!! TEH NORMANS HELD WT HAD TAEKN BY BUILDNG CASTLES AND A F3UDAL INFRASTRUCTUR3 IN WHICH AL LAND WAS ULTIMAETLEY H3LD BY TEH KNG!!1!11 OMG LOL R3MNANTS OF THES SYSTEM STIL EXIST 2DAY!!!11 WTF THEIR WAS TEH SMAL MATER OF A DOCUM3NT CALED TEH MAGNA CARTA WHICH R3MOVED A LOT OF POW3R FROM DA KNGS HANDS AND PLAECD IT IN DA HANDS OF PARLIM3NT BUT BY AND LARGE IT WAS DA INFLU3NCA OF TEH NORMAN KNGS TAHT LADE DA STRUCTURE FOR DA DAVELOPMANT OF MODERN BRITANE!1!11 WTF DA NORMANS HAD TAEKN BRITANE AND NO-ONE CUD TAEK IT BAK

WITHOUT!1!!! TEH MILITARISTIC ORGANISATION OF DA NORMAN INVAEDRS IT SI PROBABLE TAHT TEH BRITISH 3MPIER WUD NOT HAEV BAN AS STRONG AS IT WAS DURNG L8R CANTUREIS!111!!1 WITHOUT DA COLONIAL 3XPANSION AUSTRALIA WUD HAEV B3N MONG DA LANDS GRANTAD 2 DA PORTUGUASE BY POPA AELXANDAR VI IN 1493 - A DECRE WHICH TEH BRITISH (NOT BNG SUBJACT 2 DA POPES AUTHORITY) SUMARILEY IGNORED!1!1!1! WTF LOL WITHOUT DA ORGANISNG FOUNDATIONS OF TEH NORMANS ON WHICH TEH BRITISH EMPIER WAS BUILT ENGLAND WUD PROBABLEY NAVER HAEV COLONIESD AUSTRALIA

SO!1111!!1 Y DOES IT MATER ANYWAY??!!!? WTF LOL WUD THNGS RILLY HAEV B3N AL TAHT DIFERENT?!?!!!! OMG AND WUT TEH POINT OF WORYNG ABOUT HOW DIFERANT THNGS MIGHT HAEV BAN WHAN U AUSTRALIANS HAEV MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THNGS 2 B WOREID ABOUT

THE??!?!!! LOL QU3STION Y STUDY HIS2RY?!?!!??? WTF LOL DOES NOT RILLY HAEV A GOD ANSWER TAHT WORKS FOR EV3RYON3!!!!!!! OMG LOL U CUD COM3 OUT WIT TIERD CLICH3S LIEK THOSA WHO IGNORA HIS2RY R DOMED 2 R3PAAT IT BUT TAHTS A PRETY TRIET ANSWER IN DA 3ND AND NOT PARTICULARLEY SATISFYNG

A!!!11!1!1 OMG LOL MORE APROPRIAET ANSW3R 2 DA QU3STION Y STUDY HIS2RY?!!?!! LOL SI ANOTH3R QU3STION Y STUDY ANYTHNG

OF?!??!!! OMG LOL COURS3 THEYRE R TEH SUBJ3CTS TAHT EVERY PARSON NEDS 2 KNOW IN ORD3R 2 G3T BY IN TEH MODERN WORLD!111! HIS2RY SI NOT ONA OF THEM!!!1!1! LOL N3ITH3R SI SCEINCA ENGLISH LIETRATUR3 MUSIC OR ART!1!!!! OMG NO-ON3 NEDS 2 KNOW HOW 2 RAAD MUSIC!!1!11 WTF NO-ONA NEDS 2 KNOW TEH RHYMNG PAT3RN OF A SONAT!!!!!11! NO-ON3 NEDS 2 KNOW WHEN TEH BATLA OF HASTNGS WAS!1!!1 LOL AFTER AL THEY CAN ALWAYS LOK IT UP ON GOGLE CANT Y???!! WTF STUDY HIS2RY?!??!!?!? OMG WTF LOL APART FROM ANY SOCIAL ADVANTAEGS TAHT COM3 FROM A WIED DIS3MINATION OF HIS2RICAL KNOWLADG3 HIS2RY SI INTERESTNG!1111! WTF WANT 2 KNOW Y TEH IRISH PROT3STANTS HAET DA IRISH CATHOLIS????!? WTF LOL LOK AT HIS2RY!!!!11!1 OMG WTF LOL WANT 2 KNOW Y CANADA AND TEH USA R SEPARAET COUNTREIS?!!???!? OMG LOL LOK AT HIS2RY!1!11 OMG WTF WANT 2 KNOW Y DA BRITISH EMPIER COLONIESD AUSTRALIA?!!??! OMG WTF LOK AT HIS2RY

HIS2RY!1!11! WTF LOL PROVIEDS A BAKDROP FOR CUR3NT AVENTS!1!!11! OMG PRACTICALY AL WORLD AFARES SEM RANDOM AND CAPRICIOS WITHOUT AN UNDARSTANDNG OF TEH HIS2RY TAHT UNDARLEIS DA EV3NTS AND DA RAGION

THE!!!!! WTF LOL ANCEINT ARTS F3LOWSHIP FOCUESS LARGALEY ON ONA SPECIFIC P3RIOD OF HIS2RY TEH SO-CALED DARK AEGS (CA!!!11! 80 - 106) AND ON ONE REGION BRITANE!1!!1!1!! WTF LOL THEIR R OTHER GROUPS AROUND TEH WORLD WHO COV3R OTH3R PERIODS BUT THES SI OUR FOCUS!1!!!1!1 OMG I WAS QUIET PLZ WH3N TEH PRIEM MINIST3R SP3CIFICALY MENTIONAD DA BATLE OF HASTNGS IN HIS SPECH B/C THES PARTICULAR EVENT HAD A MONUM3NTAL 3FECT ON DA DEVELOPM3NT OF TEH BRITISH 3MPIER AND COMONWAALTH AND THEREFORE ON TEH HIS2RY OF OUR OWN COUNTRY!!!1!1 A STUDY OF DA MAJOR 3VANTS IN TEH HIS2RY OF BRITANE GIEVS US AN ES3NTIAL BAKGROUND 2 AND UND3RSTANDNG OF AVENTS IN AUSTRALIA

NO!11!!!!11 U DONT NED 2 KNOW WHAN DA BATL3 OF HASTNGS WAS!!1!! LOL UR LIEF OR LIEVLIHOD WIL PROBABLEY N3VER D3PAND ON UR ANSWER 2 DA QUESTION!111!! OMG LOL BUT ITS NIEC 2 KNOW IT ANYWAY!1!!!!! OMG WTF LOL ITS ALSO NIEC 2 B ABLE 2 READ MUSIC OR WRIET A SONET!111! WTF LOL