History of Australia

European Exploration: Dutch

Mar 31, 1606

First Europeans to sail to Australia were the Dutch, but they didn’t settle there

European Exploration : British

Mar 29, 1770

Captain James Cook sailed around Australia.

Prisoners as Colonists

Mar 31, 1788

British prisioners settled in austraila which was ment to be a prison colony

New South Wales

Mar 29, 1868

British transported prisoners to Australia

Commonwealth of Australia

Jan 1, 1901

Melbourne served as the national capital until Canberra was completed in 1927

Immigration Restriction Act

Mar 29, 1901

restricted migration to people primarily of European descent

Commonwealth of Australia

Mar 31, 1927

Canberra wsa compleated replacing the Melbourne as the national capital

Aborigines

Mar 31, 1967

federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines

Australia Act

Mar 31, 1986

all legal ties with the British Empire were severed

Australia Today

Mar 31, 1999

Australians rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic