65,000 BP – Earliest archaeological evidence of First Nations peoples in Australia
50,000 BCE
50,000-25,000 BP – Evidence of megafauna living in Australia.
40,000 BCE
40,000 BP – Mungo Man and Mungo Lady lived in Willandra Lakes region.
20,000 BCE
20, 000 BP – Peak Ice Age and First Nations peoples surviving in places like Kutikina Caves in Tasmania
11,000 BCE
11,000 BP – Large areas of land become inundated with the melting of ice sheets - Papua New Guinea and Tasmania are separated from Australia.
8000 BCE
8000 BCE – Settled climate begins to arise in Australia that is like the present day.
7500 BCE
7500 BCE – Sea levels rise by 100 metres inundating large plains in the Northern Territory. This has large impact on the preservation of oral histories for First Nations peoples
7000 BCE
7000 BCE – Evidence of stone houses in Western Australia
3000 BCE
3000 BCE – Evidence of the arrival of the dingo and the extinction of the Tasmania Tiger on the Australian mainland.
1500 BCE
1500 CE – Indonesian peoples (Makassan) trade with First Nations people. Many more people begin to explore Australia (Dutch Explorer’s from Dutch East India Company
1770 CE – James Cook arrives off the coast of Australia. Claims East Coast for the British Empire.
1788 CE – Invasion and colonisation of Australia by British Empire
