History of australia

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  • Discovery

    Discovery

    Captain James Cook discover the east coast in his ship HM Endeavour. Cook claims it as a British possession
  • First colony

    First colony

    Colony of Western Australia established at Perth by Captain James Stirling.
  • Capital

    Capital

    South Australia established, Adelaide as its capital.
  • Secret ballot

    Secret ballot

    Australia becomes the first country to introduce the secret ballot - or 'Australian ballot' - for elections.
  • Unification

    Unification

    The country is unified. The Commonwealth of Australia comes into being on 1st January.
  • Immigration

    Immigration

    The Immigration Restriction Act puts a brake on non-white immigration.
  • A new capital

    A new capital

    Canberra is founded and designated as the capital.
  • Australia in world war I

    Australia in world war I

    Outbreak of World War I. Australia commits hundreds of thousands of troops to the British war effort.
  • New constituiton

    New constituiton

    A national referendum on changes a constitution Section which excluded Aboriginal people from official census and removed it. Another change enables federal government to pass laws on Aboriginal issues.
  • Indipendence from Britain

    Indipendence from Britain

    The Australia Act makes Australian law fully independent of the British parliament and legal system.