Australia By Heleneskisland 1606 Discovery of Australia 1788 First fleet of British ships 1804 The black war 1851 The gold rush 1854 The eureka stockade 1901 The commonwealth of Australia 1905 The stolen genereation 1915 WW1 - Invasion of Turkey 1942 Air rads on Australia 1973 The opera house 1986 Complete independence from Britain 2008 Official apology to the stolen generation