History

By Bunnybob21

  • 1st European to land on coast of Holland (Cape York)

    Coast of Holland is also known as Cape York
    William Janszoon

  • 1st European to leave an Artefact on Australian soil

  • Discovery/mapping of parts of Van Dieman's Land & New Zeland

  • 1st British Person to land on the west coast of new holland

  • 1st European to discover eastern coast of New Holland (NSW)

  • First Fleet at Botany Bay

  • Meeting of English and French explorers at Encounter Bay, South Australia

  • Complete Circumnavigation of Continent of Australia

  • 1st Settlement in Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania)

  • The Rum Rebellion

  • Way Across Blue Montains, NSW Discovered

  • Mapping of Inland Rivers Begins (NSW)

  • Penal Colony Established at Moreton Bay

  • Perth Settlement

  • Charting of Murray River

  • Port Phillip Bay (Melbourne)

  • Planned Colony of Adelaide

  • Gold discovered near Buthurst (NSW)

  • Gold discovered in Ballarat

  • Eureka Stockade

  • End of convitct transportation

  • Australian became a Federation