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Captain James Cook arrived in the East Coast and claimed it for Britain
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Australia became a penal colony for Britain. It ended in 1868. The first fleet arrived with 1500 people
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Free settlers arrived, not only convicts
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Soldiers and convicts settled in Australia in places that will soon became great towns.
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Gold is fouded in Victoria. Hundred of people and hundred of boats arrived for it
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Australia is a nation under a single constitution
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It has a devastating effect on Australia. 60000 australian deaths
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Many australian insttutions failed and economy wasn't really good
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Aboriginal australians are included in censuses and government make laws on behalf of them
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Australian Labor Party is elected to power after a domination of Liberal and Country Party coaltion from 1945