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1770 Captain James Cook was the first European to discover Australia. They arrived in Botany Bay and mapped the East Coast of Australia. Cook then came back to England to report his findings.
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Mathew Flinders circumnavigated Australia. He mapped all around Australia. He sailed into Sydney in 1802 then he sailed around Australia making many descoveries.
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Massacres of Van Diemen’s Land Aborigines. Van dieman’ s land was the original name used by European’s. Van Dieman’s land was the primary penal colony of Australia.
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Moreton Bay colony gets Established
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The name of the island is changed from ''New Holland'' to ''Australia''.
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On the evening of the 21st of April, three exhausted, starving, tattered scarecrows of men they were Burke and Wills had died a week earlier leading two emaciated camels staggered back to the depot on the quiet banks of Cooper’s Creek. Then they got back and no one was there.
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World War I begins. Australia fights on the side of the Allies and Great Britain.
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World War I ends
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World War II begins. Australia joins on the side of the Allies.
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The Japanese begin air raids of Australia. The Japanese invasion is stopped at the Battle of the Coral Sea. Australian forces defeat the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay.
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World War II comes to an end. Australia is a founding member of the United Nations.
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The Sydney Opera House is opened.