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AustrIalian History
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First chinese person to come to Austrlia
The first Chinese person to come to Australia was Mak Sai Ying. He came to Australia in 1818 and purchased land at Parramatta. -
Gold
Gold was first found in Victoria -
Australian federation
When six separate British self-governing colonies came together to form Commonwealth of Australia. Those six were Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia. -
World War 1 Begins
World War I began after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by South Slav nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. -
World war 1 end
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World war 2 begins
Hitler had long planned an invasion of Poland, a nation to which Great Britain and France had guaranteed military support if it were attacked by Germany. ... On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland from the west; two days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany, beginning World War II. -
Attack on Pearl Harbour
The Japanese intended the attack as a preventive action to keep the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. -
World war 2 end
