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history
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First Fleet
The First Fleet is the name given to the eleven ships that left Great Britain, bound for Australia, on 13 May 1787. The journey took 252 days.The 1044 passengers aboard the ships included officers, their wives and children, a few free settlers and 504 male convicts and 192 female convicts. -
NSW Gov. opened
Captain Arthur Phillip claimed himself the first Governor of New South Wales when the Colony of New South Wales, the first British settlement in Australia, was formally founded. -
Second Fleet arrives
The Second Fleet is the name of the second fleet of ships sent with settlers, convicts and supplies to colony at Sydney Cove in Port Jackson Australia. The fleet had six ships, one Royal Navy escort, four convict ships, and a supply ship. -
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gold rush
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first unrecorded discovery of gold
The first discovery of gold was made in 1823 but Governer Bligh said to keep it secret because the convicts would slit their heads at night because they would want gold -
discovery of gold
the discovery of gold made by Edward Hargraves at Ophir. He had help from the Tom brothers and John Lista. -
ballarat was declared the richest gold fields
Ballarat was named the richest goldfields in the world. -
gold was found south east of Adelaide
discovery of gold made by chapman south east of Adelaide -
Eureka stokade in Victoria
The Eureka stokade was based on aguments about the licences and the licence fees. -
Qeen Victoria
Queen Victoria (was born on the 24th of May 1819 to the 22nd of January 1901) was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20th of June 1837 until her death. From 1st of May 1876 she used the additional title of Empress of India. -
Chinese come
The chinese come to the australian gold fields -
St Hellena Island
St Helena Island is an island in Queensland, Australia, 21 km east of Brisbane in Moreton Bay, used as a prison. -
Boggo Road Jail opened
Boggo Road Jail (alt. and older spelling "Bogga") was a notorious Australian prison located on Annerley Road in Dutton Park, an inner southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The site is the only surviving intact gaol in Queensland that reflects penological principles of the 19th century.[1] For many years it was Queensland's main prison.[2]
