AUSTRALIAN HISTORY

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  • 1600

    1. Explorers from Europe such as Torres, Tasman, Dampier record and name parts of the coastline of new Holland.
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    AUSTRALIAN HISTORY

  • 1770

    1. Captain Cook charted the east coast of Australia and claimed it British possession.

  • 1770

    1. Fishing crews from Indonesia camp on northern coast and trade with aboriginals.

  • 1778

    1. British colonisers invaded and took possession. (Aboriginal people)

  • 1788

    1. Britain establishes the colony of NSW at Sydney cove.

  • 1798

    1. Matthew flinders and George bass proved that Vandiemens Land is not an island. (Tasmania)

  • 1801

    1. Lieutenant John Murray lands at bay he calls Port Phillip.

  • 1802

    1. Lieutenant Charles Robbins lands at Vandiemens Land and proclaims it British possession.

  • 1803

    1. Matthew flinders curcumna vigation of coast shows NSW is not a large island but a part of a continent suggests Australia.

  • 1825

    1. Moreton Bay convict settlement moved and named Brisbane

  • 1851

    1. Gold rush begins near Bathurst in NSW. When the gold rush began people came to Australia.

  • 1868

    1868.Last convicts were transported to Australia.