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Australia's population reaches one million
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American Civil War between the union and seceding Confederacy (World Event)
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Slavery abolished in the US
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Attempted Assassination
Henry O'Farrell shoots Duke of Edinburgh at Clontarf, Sydney -
Suez Canal opens (World Event)
linking the mediterranean to the Red Sea -
Victorian Aboriginal Protection Board Begins
Aboriginal Protection Act gives Central Board Wide powers over Aboriginal residence and employmeny -
First association of native born Australians founded
The Australian Natives' Association -
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Second Industrial Revolution
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First Test Cricket Match Played
Between England and Australia at the MCG -
Seamen's Strike
Protests against Chinese employment and residence -
Coranderrk Petition
Kulin people appeal for secure tenure of their lands -
Amending Act of 1869 Aboriginal Act
the Act's white racial ideas of degrees of descent required 'mixed-descent' people to assimilate into European society -
Queen Victoria's Jubilee
Imperialist demonstrations spark republican protests in Sydney -
Arrival of the ship S.S. Afghan
Sparks protests against Chinese immigration -
NSW Premier joins movement for Australian Federation
When Henry Parkes gives his Tenterfield Oration