Australian Timeline

By wfn12121
  • Austranlia day

    Austranlia day

    First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales,

  • The Flying Pieman

  • The gold rush begins near Bathurst in New South Wales

  • First Melbourne Cup, VIC

    First Melbourne Cup, VIC

  • First Act of Parliament, Immigration Restriction Act, passed ,establishing the White Australia Policy

  • World War 1

  • Anzac Day

    Anzac Day

    'ANZAC' stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
  • Harbour Bridge built

    Harbour Bridge built

    is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore.

  • Sydney Harbour Bridge opens.

  • World War II

  • Citizenship Act came into effect

  • Gough Whitlam elected Prime Minister in ALP government

  • Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House, NSW

  • Steve Irwin, “The Crocodile Hunter