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Australian TImeline 1750 - 1918
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James Watt designs a more efficient steam engine.
James Watt designs a more efficient steam engine. -
The American Government announces that the American colonies are free and independent from Britain.
1776 - The American Government announces that the American colonies are free and independent from Britain. -
The First Fleet arrives in Botany Bay, beginning British settlement in Australia.
The First Fleet arrives in Botany Bay, beginning British settlement in Australia. -
The outbreak of the French Revolution results as a consequence of growing dissatisfaction among French people with the ruling aristocrats who levied high taxes to support extravagant lifestyles.
The outbreak of the French Revolution results as a consequence of growing dissatisfaction among French people with the ruling aristocrats who levied high taxes to support extravagant lifestyles. -
Alessandro Volta invents a battery to store electrical current; the unit of electric potential Voltage, is named after him.
Alessandro Volta invents a battery to store electrical current; the unit of electric potential Voltage, is named after him. -
Matthew Flinders navigates around the coast Australia
Matthew Flinders navigates around the coast Australia. Matthew Flinders was a navigator that sailed around the coast of Australia and was the first of many navigators to map the “unknown land”. -
Textile workers (Called ATWU) smash machinery in factories and mills in the midlands and north of Australia.
Textile workers (Called ATWU) smash machinery in factories and mills in the midlands and north of Australia. -
George Stephenson builds the first passenger Railway between Liverpool and Manchester.
George Stephenson builds the first passenger Railway between Liverpool and Manchester. -
Publication of the Chartism in Britain demanding political reform, including the right to vote for every man from the age of 18.
Publication of the Chartism in Britain demanding political reform, including the right to vote for every man from the age of 18. -
Edward Hargraves discovers gold near Ophir, New South Wales, triggering several gold rushes around Australia.
Edward Hargraves discovers gold near Ophir, New South Wales, triggering several gold rushes around Australia. -
Last Convicts Shipped to Tasmania.
Last Convicts Shipped to Tasmania. Last convicts are shipped to Tasmania – From 1812, convict has been shipped from England directly to Tasmania. On August the 10th 1853, St. Vincent arrive in Hobart from England, it was the last convict to be shipped to Tasmania. -
Convicts to Australia ceases with the last shipment of Convicts disembarking in Western Australia.
Convicts to Australia ceases with the last shipment of Convicts disembarking in Western Australia. -
Ayers rock first in sight of the Europeans
On the 19th of July 1873, Ayers rock was sighted by the surveyor William Gosse, he was the first European to discover the rock and named it after Chief Secretary of SA, Sir Henry Ayers. -
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia form one nation.
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia form one nation. -
Brothers Orville and Wilbur achieve the first controlled, powered, man-carrying flight.
Brothers Orville and Wilbur achieve the first controlled, powered, man-carrying flight. -
Henry Ford produces his first quadricycle automobile.
Henry Ford produces his first quadricycle automobile. -
The world’s then largest passenger steamship, the Titanic, hits an iceberg in the north-west Atlantic Ocean and sinks; One Thousand Five-Hundred and Nineteen people died.
The world’s then largest passenger steamship, the Titanic, hits an iceberg in the north-west Atlantic Ocean and sinks; One Thousand Five-Hundred and Nineteen people died. -
World War 1 came to an end
World War 1 came to an end when the balance of power shifted in favour of the Allies (Serbia, France, Great Britain, Italy, Russia, the United States, and nineteen other nations) against the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire). Although the United States had not been fully prepared to enter the war, the American government mobilized quickly to rally troops and citizens behind the war effort