-
1600s
Sailors from Holland sighted, sometime landed north and west coast of Australia -
1770
Captain Cook discovered East Coast, named New South Wales -
1788
Captain Cook discovered East Coast, named New South Wales -
1800
British Government created 5 British colonies -
1800
people thought joining together as one was a good idea -
1801
Britain changed flag -
1812
Governor Macqueen 40 000 silver Spanish dollars -
1817
Australia was named in 1817 -
1824
British adopted name Australia -
1825
British money became Australia’s for 4 legal years -
1870
2/3 Australia’s European population were born in Australia -
1885
European settlements began -
1891
Growing sense of beginning Australia -
1901
commonwealth Australia didn’t have a flag of it’s own -
1901
commonwealth Australia didn’t have a flag of it’s own -
1901
indigenous Australians were not considered citizens -
1901
Indigenous Australians were not considered citizens -
1901
The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed -
1902
The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed -
1903
Law described new high court -
1910
the first Australian coins came into use -
1924
voting made compulsory -
1963
Australia decided to change from British -
1967
nearly all Australians voted “yes” to change constitution
