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Australia has been inhabited
for at least 50,000 years. It was first inhabited by
the remote Asian ancestors of the current Australian
Aboriginal people. Australia was not discovered by
Europeans until the 17th century
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1768 |
Captain James Cook voyage of
discovery in the Endeavour |
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1769 |
Captain James Cook reached
Tahiti on 3 June |
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1770 |
Captain James Cook discovers
New South Wales and takes possession of the
Australian land in the name of Great Britain
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1771 |
Captain James Cook returns to
England |
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1772 |
13 July: Captain James Cook
embarks on the voyage of discovery in the Resolution |
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1776 |
12 July: Captain James Cook
with the ships HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery look
for the Northwest passage but bad weather drives him
back to Hawaii
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1779 |
14 February: Captain Cook is
killed by natives |
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1779 |
Banks suggests founding a
convict settlement at Botany Bay. |
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1783 |
Plans for the colonization in
New South Wales are made in the UK |
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1788 |
Foundation of Sydney. |
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1795 |
1795-1796: George Bass and
Matthew Flinders make voyages in the Tom Thumb |
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1798 |
George Bass discovers the Bass
Strait and Westernport. |
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1803 |
Matthew Flinders
circumnavigates Australia. |
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1804 |
Foundation of Hobart |
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1806 |
Bligh made Governor of New
South Wales |
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1808 |
Mutiny in New South Wales
leading to the deposition of Bligh. |
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1824 |
Foundation of Brisbane |
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1829 |
Australia claimed as British
territory |
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1836 |
Foundation of Adelaide |
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1837 |
Accession of Queen Victoria |
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1837 |
1837-1840: George Grey
explores Western Australia |
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1841 |
George Grey appointed Governor
of South Australia |
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1847 |
Gold found in Port Phillip |
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1850 |
Western Australia becomes a
penal colony |
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1867 |
End of transportation to
Western Australia |
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1870 |
British troops withdrawn from
Australia |
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1880 |
Capture of the Ned Kelly Gang |
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1882 |
The Kimberley gold rush and
Silver discovered at Broken Hill |
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1892 |
Coolgardie gold-field
discovered |
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1899 |
Australian troops sent to
fight in South African War |
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1902 |
Immigration Restriction Act
passed |
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1914 |
1914 - 1918 WW1 |
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1915 |
Anzac |
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1918 |
August 8: Battle on the Somme
the capture of Mont St. Quentin by Australian
forces. |
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1918 |
End of WW1 |
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1919 |
Ross and Keith Smith fly from
England to Australia by aeroplane |
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1939 |
1939 - 1945 WW11 |
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1941 |
Tobruk |
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1942 |
Darwin bombed |
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1945 |
The United States dropped
atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
