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Blaxland Lawson Wentworth crossed the Blue Mountains.
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Oxley explored inland New South Wales.He discovers the liverpool Plains--1817/1818.
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Van Dieman's Land becomes a separate colony
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Cunningham explores the Darling Downs.
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Lots of Irish people migrated to Australia in the 1840s to flee the potato famine, which took away a million lives.1841 to 1850, over 30,000 Irish landed in Australia through a migration assistance scheme.
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Most of the miners who came to the goldfields were Chinese.The gold rush completely changed that however. In the two years that followed Edward Hargraves’s discovery at Bathurst.
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The Eureka Rebellion in 1854 was a rebellion of gold miners of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
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May 1 1855, Tasmania .s.g8
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Stuart explored inland Australia from South Australia to the Northern Territory.
Sturt discovers Sturt Stoney Desert in 1844. -
The end of convict transportation.
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Bushranging begins.There were more than 2000 bushrangers during Australia's past.
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In the latter half of the 1800s, as the commercial opportunities in central Australia increased, the harsh environment began to slow progress. projects such as the Overland telegraph and railways running across the country, north-south and east-west,required reliable deliveries of materials and supplies.However, horses and donkeys were not suited to travelling in the dry,hot and sandy conditions of inner Australia.
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When the Australian