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Captain James Cook lands in Botany Bay
Captain James cook was a British explorer, He is well known in Australia for being the first European to achieve contact with the eastern coastline of Australia. In 1770 Cook arrived by boat in Botany Bay, Sydney. -
Americas independance
The Declaration of Independance is signed, officially saying the 13 Colonies as an independant nation free of Great Britian and the commonwealth. -
French revolution
Revolution in France that began due to very poor economic conditions caused by the lack of doing buisness of nobles and the government. The working class was tired of conditions and the revolt began to sieze power. -
The First Fleet
Between 1788 and 1850, 806 ships of convicts were shipped to Australia from England. The first 11 of these ships are now known as “The First Fleet”. The fleet consisted of three store ships, six convict ships, two men o-war ships with a total of 756 convicts. -
Van Diemen’s Land changed name to Tasmania
Abel Tasman, was the first European to discover Tasmania and named it Anthoonij van Diemenslandt in the name of Anthony van Diemen. In 1803, Van Diemen’s Land became a penal colony of the British. In 1824, Van Diemen’s Land became a colony with its own rights. In 1856, Van Diemen’s Land achieved self-government with its own government and was named Tasmania in honour of Abel Tasman. -
American civil war
The american civil war was sparked by slavery and events leading up to this war Won by the North over the South, rejoining the two into a slavery-free country. While slavery was banned, problems still lingered. -
Stolen Generation
In 1869 the Children of Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islander descents were taken away from their parents by state government or agencies. -
Invention of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell sucessfully tests the telephone with his assistant. To this day weuse a more advanced mode of the telephone but the same idea is still alive... -
Invention of the light bulb
Thomas Edison officially creates the first pratical electrically powered light bulb. This changed the world because it now allows for anytime light -
Ned Kelly Hanged
He was a ranger of the Australian outback, sentenced to jail many times. One of which was a 3 year sentence for receiving a stolen horse that he had no idea was stolen. On June 27th 1880, the Kelly gang attacked Glenrowan, they forced the railway workers to rip up the line and cut all the telegraph wires. Many hostages were taken during the day. By the end of the day a massive fight had occurred. Resulting in three of the gang members killed -
Australian Federation Formed
On the 1st of January 1901 the British parliament passed legislation allowing the six Australian states to govern in their own right as part of the Commonwealth of Australia; Making Australia an independent country. -
First powered flight
The first time in hstory that a machine is made that powers itself for flying. Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully started a major revolution in flying technology that was to affect the way we move.
