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The first fleet
The first fleet arrives in Botany Bay, beginning settlement in Australia. -
First passenger railway
George Stephenson built the first passenger railway between Liverpool and Manchester. -
The Australian gold rush
Edward Hargraves discovered a ‘grain of gold’ near Bathurst in New South Wales, triggering gold rushes around Australia. -
The eureka stockade
To try and limit the number of people who left their jobs to search for gold, the government made people buy a licence to mine. Miners got angry about licences because they had to pay for them, the miners protested. They made a fort, a wooden barricade, which they called the Eureka stockade. There were 1000 miners inside the fort. On the 3rd of December, several hundred soldiers and police attacked the stockade. The police and soldiers were much better equipped. And destroy -
Ned Kelly born
Ned Kelly is one of the most well-known people in Australian history, he stole from the rich and gave to the poor, Kelly and his gang were wanted outlaws for killing 3 policeman. -
Victorian Football association VFA was formed
This was the first major league in Australian football history. The VFA was then was changed to the VFL in 1996. -
Electric Light Bulb
Invention of the Electric Light Bulb by Thomas Edison, this was significant because he created lights that were long lasting for people to use. -
Ned Kelly hanged at Old Melbourne Gaol
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The wright brothers
The wright brothers achieve the first controlled, powered, man-carrying flight, this is important because now we use heaps of planes, using planes today is only possible because of the wright brothers. -
Henry Ford
Invented the "Ford" company that created the first vehicles available for everyone. This is very important because now many people have copied ford and created more car companies. -
Titanic
Titanic was the world’s largest passenger steamship at that time, it hit an ice berg and sank, 1517 people died. -
World War 1
This was a very important event because it led to the development of new weapons, economic issues, and more wars. It had a huge impact on economy and there were millions of deaths. -
end of World War 1