Significant Events in Australia's History

  • Convict Settlement.

    Captain Arthur Phillip establishes a convict settlement at Sydney Cove.
  • Smallpox Breakout

    An epidemic of a deadly disease named "Smallpox" breaks out in Sydney.
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    Matthew Flinders' Circumnavigation of Australia

    At the very start of the 19th Century, a man who's name was Matthew Flinders, was the first to circumnavigate around the mysterious continent "Australia".
  • First Australian Currency

    Governer Lachlan Macquarie imported 40,000 silver Spanish "Eight-Reale" pieces. By stamping out the centres of the coins, he distinguished them as Australian Currency. Today they are worth lots of money. They are called the "Holey Dollar".

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