Australian History By dylan_harrington Jun 26, 1788 The first fleet arrives Jun 26, 1788 Disease Jun 7, 1790 Slavery Jul 15, 1817 Australia's first bank May 9, 1837 Ben Hall Was Born Feb 12, 1851 Edward Hargraves Found Gold Jul 4, 1857 Racist attack on the Chinese at Buckland River Dec 3, 1857 Eureka Stockade Protest Jun 19, 1864 Mad dog Morgan was shot May 7, 1868 The first Australian cricket team Dec 31, 1870 The tasmanian aboriginal Dec 24, 1871 Gold was discovered in Charters tower Nov 11, 1880 Ned Kelly was hanged Sep 17, 1892 Gold discovered in Coolgardie