Australian history and the passage of time

By joseguzman
  • Abel Tasman

    Abel Tasman

    Abel Tasman discovered Tasmania and New Zealand
  • James Cook

    James Cook

    Cook explored the east coast of Australia, which he called New South Wales

  • Cove

    Britain established a penal colony in Sydney Cove
  • Rum Rebellion

    Rum Rebellion

    the Rum Rebellion overthrew captain William Bligh

  • Gold

    Gold was discovered in New South Wales

  • Eureka Stockade

    Battle of the Eureka Stockade, Ballarat

  • Voting Rights

    South Australian women gained voting rights ; by 1901 most Australian women could vote

  • Commonwealth

    Six colonies federated into the Commonwealth of Australia

  • World War I

    World war I: 330,000 Australians served ; 60,000 were killed, 165,000 wounded
  • Railway

    Railway

    Opening of the Trans-Australian railway

  • Canberra

    Federal parliament moved from Melbourne to Canberra

  • World War II

    World War II: Australian air force active in Britain; navy operated in Mediterranean soldiers fought in North Africa and the Pacific
  • Olympic games

    Olympic games

    Olympic games held in Melbourne

  • Citizenship

    Australian granted citizenship to Aborigines

  • Elections

    Aborigines could vote in federal elections

  • White Australia

    White Australian immigration policy was abandoned
  • Opera House

    Opera House

    Sydney opera house was finally completed
  • Owners

    Owners

    Uluru (Ayers Rocks) and Kata Tjuta ( the olgas) were returned to aboriginal owners
  • Bushfires

    Bushfires

    173 people killed by bushfires in Victoria
  • Scott Morrison

    Scott Morrison

    Scott Morrison became prime minister