Time line of austrailan hitories By riley Mar 13, 1788 First fleet arrived Jun 26, 1803 Matthew flinders completes first circum navagation of AUS Sep 4, 1804 Settlement in TAS begins Apr 30, 1813 AUS becomes called Austraila Aug 12, 1851 Victorian gold rush starts Sep 20, 1868 Transport of convicts ceases Apr 18, 1876 The last full blooded Tasmanian Aboriginal, Truganini dies Jun 11, 1914 Australian troops go to world war 1 Aug 16, 1923 Vegemite is created Nov 17, 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Nov 17, 1939 World war 2 starts Nov 17, 1973 Sydney Opera House opens Nov 17, 2000 The Sydney Olmypics