Making a Nation By xXxXNinjaNicXxXx Mar 14, 1770 James Cook's Landing at Botany Bay Mar 14, 1788 New South Wales: First Settlement at Sydney Cove Mar 14, 1803 Van Diemen's Land: First Settlement Mar 14, 1813 Crossing of the Blue Mountains Mar 14, 1824 Queensland Morton Bay Convict Settlement Mar 14, 1829 Western Australia Swan River Colony Mar 14, 1835 Victoria: Settlement of Port Phillip Mar 14, 1836 South Australia: Settlement of Adelaide Mar 14, 1838 Myall Creek massace: New South Wales Mar 14, 1851 Eight Hour Day Mar 14, 1872 Free Compulsory and Secular education Mar 14, 1889 Henry Parkes' Tenterfeild Address Jan 1, 1901 Federation Common Wealth of Australia proclaimed Mar 14, 1907 Harvester Judgment