Key Events In Australian History By Dex.black May 13, 1787 First Fleet Departs with 11 ships Jun 3, 1790 Second Fleet Jul 9, 1791 Third Fleet 1817 First Bank, Bank of NSW (later Westpac) Aug 30, 1835 John Batman And John Pascoe Fawkner Arrive at Port Phillip (later Melbourne) Jul 1, 1841 New Zealand is a Seperate Colony (no longer part of NSW) Feb 12, 1851 Australian Gold Rush - Gold Discovered Period: Feb 12, 1851 to 1860 Australian Gold Rush Dec 3, 1854 Eureka Stockade - Gold Miners Clash with Government 1855 Ned Kelly Birth Jan 1, 1857 Victorian Men Earned The Right To Vote 1864 Great Fire of Brisbane 1873 Uluru Discovered By Europeans and Named Ayers Rock Nov 11, 1880 Ned Kelly Hanged 1901 High Court Of Australia Created Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI (Great War)
