Australian colonies By Dgrubsic1 Jan 26, 1788 First fleet arrived European people came to Australia Mar 28, 1800 Australia became a colony Australia became a country Jan 30, 1851 The NSW bank May 28, 1851 The gold rush started People were finding gold in Australia Jun 8, 1852 Eurica stocaid People burned their mining lisies Jan 1, 1901 White Australian policy Only white people were allowed to be in Australia Sep 17, 1915 WW1