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James Cook discivered southeast coast of Australia on the Endeavour.Australia was dubbed "terra nullius"[5] i.e., according to the European legal precepts of the era, it was "owned" by no-one.
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Penal Colony of New South Wales established by the arrival of the first fleet.
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Matthew Flinders completed the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as "New Holland"
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Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth crossed the Blue Mountains.
Matthew Flinders referred to New South Wales by the name "Australia". -
A penal colony was founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. The name of the continent fwas changed from "New Holland" to "Australia". The Hume and Hovell expedition discovered the Murray River
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The whole of Australia was claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth was founded.
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John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner established a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne.
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Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132° E.
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First Prussian settlers arrived in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
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The Victorian gold rush started when gold was found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat.
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Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
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The Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opened.
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The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney
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Australia becomes a federation. Edmund Barton becomes the 1st Prime Minister of Australia; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General
