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Autralia's History Timeline
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Dutchman Willem Jansz sails past what is current day Queensland. This is when the first contant between indigenous Australians ans Europeans occurs. Source:
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/key-dates-in-australian-history.html -
Captain Dirk Hartog, a Dutch explorer, becomes the second European to land on Australia's western coast. Source:
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/oceania/australia/autimeln.htm -
Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer, sails around Australia. He is the first to discover that Australia has four coasts. Source:
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/oceania/australia/autimeln.htm -
A Dutch sailor names Swan River after seeing the black swans living there. The sailor's name was Willem De Vlamingh and he was on a boat called Geelvinck. He was exploring the mouth of the river when he first saw the swans. Source:
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Many people from Sulawesi (Sulawesi is now part of Indonesia) started settling along Australia's coast. They were mostly traders and fishermen. This created good trading relationships between Indigenous people and the Sulawesi people. Source:
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Lieutenant James Cook claims the southern coast of Australia for Britian. He calls the land New South Wales. This was the first time a European saw the southern side of Australia. Source:
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/key-dates-in-australian-history.html -
Governor Arthor Phillip lead the first fleet towards Australia, planning on colonising it. The fleet consisted of eleven ships. Source:
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Britaian cliams Australia and established its one of its six colonies. Source:
http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/australia/history-timeline -
Australia first publicly exports Merino wool. It was sent from Sydney to Europe. Now 80% of the worlds Marino wool comes from Australia. Source:
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Govenor Richard Bourke starts annual fines on squatters. He does this to try to stop Indigenous Australians from being killed and to regulate the use of the land. Source:
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Gold is found at in a few places, causing gold rushes. The rushes lasted 10 years. The population increases a lot and passes the million mark because of this gold rush. So many Chinese enter Australia so a restriction is set up to stop any more from entering. Aborigines aren't treated well during this time leading to their numbers collapsing. Source:
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Australia becomes the first place to start a secret ballot for elections. Source:
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The Overland Telegraph Line is completed. News can now be transported to Australia from Europe in hours. Before news took months to travel that far. Source:
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The last full-blooded Tasmanian aboriginal dies. His name was Truganini. Source:
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Australia's economy was booming, but it suddenly stopped and sent Australia into a depression. The depression lasted three years. It was started by many payment issues. Source:
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A self-defense program is started that requires all men (age 12 - 26) to participate in military training. Source:
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An infuenza epidemic kills aproximately 12,000 Australians. The epidemic started in 1918 and ended in 1919. Source:
http://aushistorytimeline.com/ -
Australia declares war on Nazi Germany. They followed Britian into WWII. Source:
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Every state, except for Queensland, allows Indigenous Australians to vote. Queensland later allows them to vote in 1965. Source:
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/oceania/australia/autimeln2.htm -
Prime Minister Harold Holt disappears. He went out swimming and never returned. His body was never found. He was at his Sorrento holiday house when this occured. Source:
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A devastating earthquake causes a lot of damage in Newcastle. Three people are killed in the natural disaster. Source:
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A chemical storage area on Coode Island explodes. This happened in Melbourne. A huge toxic cloud sat over city as the facility below burned for more than two hours. Sources:
*http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/oceania/australia/autimeln2.htm
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The 2000 Summer Olympics are held in Sydney. There were 10,651 participants and 199 nations in it. Source:
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The Sydney Opera House is declared a world heritage site. It is currently the youngest site on that list. Source:
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There were massive bushfires that devastated Victoria. 173 people were killed. The fires started on Febuary 7th and ended on March 14th. Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Australian_history
