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The First Fleet
The First Fleet was the 11 ships that left from Portsmouth, England, found the penal colony that became the first European settlement in Australia -
The Frontier Conflict
The Australian frontier wars is a term applied by some historians to violent conflicts between Indigenous Australians and white settlers during the British colonisation of Australia. -
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King took possession of Norfolk Island. British settlement founded.
The history of Norfolk Island dates back to the fourteenth or fifteenth century when it was settled. He took samples back to Britain and reported on their potential uses for the unaware of the British intention to settle Norfolk Island, which was Norfolk King went on to become the first British Naval officer born in. -
The Wool Industry
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The famous pastoralists, John and Elizabeth Macarthur, established a colonial wool industry in Australia in the early decades of the 1800s with rare Spanish sheep. ... It was the ideal agricultural product that fledgling Australian colonies could export back to England by ship without it perishing. -
The Rum Rebellion
The Rum Rebellion was the only victory of government in Australian history. During the 19th century, it was often referred to as the Great Rebellion. -
1st Bank of Australia Established
NSW Finally decided that it was time to open a bank. This bank was originally the Bank of Australia, but today we use this bank also. We call this bank Westpac. it has been running for over 200 years, and proudly still sponsors a number of special events. -
Australia is named
This is when Captain James Cook arrived in Australia and gave it the name it has today. Note: James Cook wasn't the first person to arrive: Dutch soldiers were believed to arrived before -
WA Established 1st Settlement
Western Australia had had a long battle. They finally stopped, finally establishing the first settlement -
The settlement of Perth was founded.
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on the6 February 1840, William Hobson declared that the British people took over the islands of New Zealand on 21 May 1840 in two separate formal declarations. In the first declaration, Hobson declared British sovereignty over the North Island. -
Aborigines Taken into Captivity
Up to 20 Aboriginal People were taken from Northern Australia in the 19th century to be exhibited alongside animals in what was called the Human Zoo -
Melbourne Found
John Batman and John Faulkner were the finders of Melbourne, despite the fact that they were both sons of convicts. Their elders names were blacklisted, but there's now weren't -
Gold Rush
During the Australian gold rushes, significant numbers of workers relocated to areas in which gold had been discovered.A number of gold finds occurred in Australia prior to 1851, but only the gold found from 1851 onwards created gold rushes. -
Eureka Rebellion
The Eureka Rebellion was organized by gold miners in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, who revolted against the colonial authority of the United Kingdom -
Federation of Australia
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia -
The economical depression of the 1890s
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors.