Brooke's Australian timeline By mattsoccer138 Apr 20, 1770 Captain Cook finds east coast of Australia Apr 20, 1788 First fleet arrives in New South Walse Apr 20, 1798 George Bass and Matthew Flinders see Tasmania is not joined with Australia Apr 23, 1804 A settlement was found at the Derwent river Apr 23, 1851 Victorian Gold rush Apr 23, 1854 Eureka stockade Jan 1, 1901 Australia becomes a federation Edmund Barton becomes prime minister Apr 23, 1913 Canberra is made Apr 24, 1914 Australian soldiers go to the First World War Apr 24, 1918 First World War Ends Apr 24, 1921 Edith Cowan becomes the First Women of Parliament Apr 24, 1931 Sir Douglas Mawson claims 42% of Antartica Apr 24, 1932 The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Apr 24, 1939 Australians go to the second world war Apr 24, 1945 secound world war Apr 24, 1945 Second World War ends Apr 24, 1956 television comes to Australia Apr 24, 1964 Troops go to Vietnam Apr 24, 1967 Indigenous Australians are made citizens and are allowed to vote Apr 24, 1973 Sydney Opera is made Apr 24, 1973 Vietnam war ends Apr 24, 1974 Cyclone Tracy destroys Darwin Oct 12, 2000 The Olympics held in Sydney
