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Australian History 1788-1888

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  • First Fleet Arrives

    First Fleet Arrives

    Govenor Arthur Phillips leads first european settlement in NSW
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    1788-1888

  • Second Fleet Arrives

    Second Fleet Arrives

    Second fleet arrives, convicts kept in horrific conditions. Many died from sickness, setting colony into food crisis.
  • George Bass and Mathew Flinders circumnavigate Tasmania

    George Bass and Mathew Flinders circumnavigate Tasmania

    First ever Circumnavigation of Tasmania. Exact date unknown.
  • Rum Rebellion

    Rum Rebellion

    Only succesful armed takeover of government in Australian history where Govenor William Bligh was removed from power by the New South Wales Corps and replaced with Lachlan Maquarie
  • Matthew Flinders Refers To NSW As  'Australia'

    Matthew Flinders Refers To NSW As 'Australia'

    Exact Date Unknown
  • Australias First Bank

    Australias First Bank

    Bank of New South wales opened in Maquarie Place (now know as westpac)
  • Govenor Lachlan Maquarie petitions to use Australia instead of New Holland

    Govenor Lachlan Maquarie petitions to use Australia instead of New Holland

    Qovenor Maquarie petitions to British Admiralty to use the name Australia instead of New Holland.
  • Colony at Moreton Bay Established

    Colony at Moreton Bay Established

    Penal colony established in Moreton Bay, (now known as Brisbane)
    (i dont know exact date)
  • Colony established in Port Arthur

    Colony established in Port Arthur

    Now know as Melbourne (exact date unknown)
  • State of Victoria declared

    State of Victoria declared

    Victoria seperated form New South Wales (I dont know excact date)
  • Burke and Wills Expedition

    Burke and Wills Expedition

    Ill fated burke and wills expedition starts.
  • Ned Kelly Hanged

    Ned Kelly Hanged

    Notorious bushranger Ned Kelly hanged.
  • Australian cricket team defeat England in the first ever Ashes seires

    Australian cricket team defeat England in the first ever Ashes seires

    Exact date unkown