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Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh explored the southwestern coast of Australia, making a landfall at Rottnest Island and the site of the present day city of Perth.
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Eleven ships sailed from Britain and eventually found Austrailia
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The Rum Rebelion
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Victoria becomes a colony
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Eureka stockade
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Australia becomes a federation. Edmund Barton becomes the 1st Prime Minister of Australia; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General
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The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time
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Surfing is first introduced to Australia
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Death of Malcolm Fraser, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia.
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Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag.
