Lieutenant James Cook claims the East coast for Australia
french claimed on part of the western coast
First Settlement which is today Sydney
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was a period of exploration, frontier war, and new settlements being built. (Try to find specific dates for some of these)
George Bass explored the coast south of Astralia as far as western port in Victoria
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Mathew Flinders sailed right rounf Tasmania , exploring the Tamar river mouth in North Tasmania and Derwent river in the south-east
Melbourne was one of the richest cities in the world, and was the second largest city in the British empire after London
The combination of waterborne sewage systems and a sewage farm was first introduced in South Australia
Aboriginal people were dispossessed of their land and increasingly marginalised through colonial government policies
two settlements were established in Tasmania
Te first settlement of the derwent river in Tasmania.The second was the settlement of 455 persons, mainly convicts and marines, was established at Port Phillip, near the modern Victorian twon of serrento
Bathurst was established as a city
in the north, the new england area was settled and the first settlers established stations on the rich black soil of the Darling Downs
What is now know as the Northen Territory there were settlements at Port Essington and Mlville Island.
Moreton Bay convict colony was established
Van Dieman's Land became a colony in its own right
second and more successful settlement was established at King George sound on the southern coast of western Australia.
In the same yaer that the swan river settlement was formed, the National Colonisation Society in England began making plans for a colony in South Australia
Captain C.H. Fremantle took possession of the whole of Australia that was not included in the boundries of New South Wales
James Hentley landed on Portland Bay on the southern coast of Victoria
a total of 636 people in nine ships arrived in South Australia
Approximately 28 men, women and children were murdered by 12 stockmen
a large group of German Lutheran migrants arrived, followed by another 187 the following month
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was the Great Australian Gold Rush, the colonies experienced huge growth and immigration.
several thousand chinese had come to Australia prior to the gold rush
Black Thursday Bushfires
The gold rushes in New South Wales led to a new wave of Chinese migrants
Victoria broke away from New South Wales to become a seperate colony- the same year in which the gold ruch began
The Eureka Rebellion was an armed conflict which is attributed to as the birth of democracy in Australia.
Queensland removed the right for Aboriginal men to vote
Van Dieman's land was changed to tasmania and it had its own governor
Sydney was the first city to try to improve the sanitation by an underground dewage system
afraid that there would not be enough gold to go around, about20 Europeans attacked the chinese:beating them up, stealing their belongings and gold, burning their tents and throwing them off their claims
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is considered the 'heyday' of the Bushrangers. It is believed that at their peak over 2000 bushrangers roamed the continent.
Queensland colonial governemnt found a new source of cheap labour in the isladns of the South Pacific
by the twentieth century, rugby union, rugby league and Australian rules football had been established
water was piped from a reservior at Thordan Park about about ten kilometres north-east of the city
all Australian capitals were linked by telegraph
the development of the department store
Sir Henry Parkes, premier of New South Wales and a key supporter of federation, proposed that a federal council be formed to raise public awarness of federal ideas and discuss matters that were common interests to all colonies
full illustration of the department store catalogues were posted all around australia
each colony had its own anti-chinese laws in place
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Queensland is in civil war between the armed unions against government forces. Large skirmishes, attacks on wool sheds, and naval battles take place across the colony.
62,000 Islanders were brought in a fewer than 4,000 of these people were women. They were first brought to work on cotton plantations in Southern Queensland when the supply of cotton was threatened by the American civil war, and later worked on the sugar
Queenslanders formed the first labor government in the world by forming a coalition with other parties, but it lasted only six days
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Australia fights in the Boer War.
Australian's population was just underr 3.8 million, with most living in Victoria or New South Wales
the introduction of free public education by the state
each of the colonies had its own postal system and stamps
Federation of Australia is the beginning of the Australian nation
Child Protection Act, was introduced in New South Wales to make it easier to remove Aboriginal children from their parents
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Australia fights in WW1 - Major battles include Gallipoli, Beersheba
Canberra had been chosen and Parliament house opened
