Early Australian SSAT Timeline

Pre-GDP era

Period: Jan 1, 1788 to Jan 1, 1959

Foundation of the Bank of New South Wales

1817

Export begins in earnest (Merino wool etc.)

1820

Population of c.a. 30,000

1820

Depression of 1890 / banking collapse

Jan 1, 1890

While 1890 is the stated date for the depression, it is understood to have started earlier and ended later, depending which state you look at.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia founded by Labor

1911