Australia Historical timeline

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  • James Cook claims Australia

  • Rum Rebellion

  • First bank is opened

  • Name is changed

  • All of Australia is claimed

  • First Parliamentary Elections

  • First University is founded

  • Victorian gold rush

  • Eureka Stockade

  • Men obtain right to vote in South Australia

  • Men obtain right to vote in Victoria

  • Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph

  • Men obtain right to vote in New South Wales

  • Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children taken from homes

  • First Congress of Unions

  • Parliamentarians in Victoria are first to be paid for their work

  • Silver is discovered at Broken Hill

  • Federation Conference calls a Constitutional Convention

  • Convention adopts the constitution

  • Corowa Conference

  • South Australia allowed women to vote and stand for office

  • Australia becomes a federation

  • Edmund Barton becomes the 1st Prime Minister

  • Soldiers sent to 1st World War

  • 1st World War ends

  • Great Depression hits

  • Enter 2nd World War

  • Julia Gillard becomes first female Prime Minister