Aus history

By Callum.Simpson6

  • Captain Cook

    Landed at the east coast of Australia and named it"New South Wales".

  • British Navy Captain Arthur Phillip

    Founds a penal settlement at Sydney

  • Gold Rush

    In the 1850's, several locations in Australia found gold leading to gold rushes

  • Secret Ballot

    Australia becomes the first country to introduce the secret ballot - or 'Australian ballot' - for elections.

  • Cricket Test

    Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne.

  • 1901

    Australia is unified.

  • Canberra

    Canberra is now the new capital.

  • World war 1

    Australia is in World War 1