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East coast of Australia charted and claimed by the British Empire
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Period: to
Developement of Australia
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First Fleet arrive in Botany Bay and Australia officially colonised
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First Fleet departs Great Britain for Australia
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First settlement founded in Tasmania
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Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth reach Mt Blaxland
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'New Holland' officially renamed 'Australia'
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Settlement is made in Queensland on the Brisbane River.
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Capt. James Stirling founds the Swan River Colony
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Perth is founded
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John Batman establishes a treaty with the Wurundjeri people
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28 Aboriginals are killed at the Myall Creek massacre
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Governor Bourke declared that the British Crown own all of Australia.
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The HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin, leaves Australia.
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South Australia and Adelaide are formed
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Office of the Protector of Aborigines is established
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Gold found near Bathurst
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Formation of an Anti-Transportation League
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Gold discovered at Ophir
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Victoria becomes a distinct colony
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Gold discovered at Clunes
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Gold discovered in Ballarat
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'Van Diemen's Land' renamed 'Tasmania'
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General Post Office opens in Brisbane
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Tenterfield Oration calls for the Federation of the States
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Australia's states join together in Federation
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Construction begins on the Rabbit-Proof Fence
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White Australia Policy is instituted
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Tropical Cyclone hits Cooktown
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Federal Government encourages British emmigration to Australia