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50,000 BCE
Aboriginal people arriving
Australia's Aboriginal people were thought to have arrived by boat. -
Discover of James Cook
Captain James Cook chartered the east coast and claimed it for Britain. -
Three cities was settled
In 1825, soldiers and convicts settled in the modern-day Brisbane. Perth was settled by English people in 1829. And a squatter chose the location for Melbourne in 1835. -
Gold
Gold was discovered in New South Wales and central Victoria. -
Australia becomes a nation
Australia's six states became a nation under a single constitution -
Cultural revolution
New car, new cinemas, American jazz and movies and fervour for the British Empire. Because of the fisrt world war in 1914-1918. -
Migrant wave
After the second world war, hundreds of thousands of migrants from across Europe and the Middle East arrived in Australia. Many finding jobs in the manufacturing sector. -
National referendum
Australians voted "yes" in a referendum to let the government make laws on behalf of Aboriginal Australians and include them in future censuses. -
Election
The Australian Labor Party under the idealistic leadership of lawyer Gough Whitlam was elected to power. -
Last election
The Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd was elected.
