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Dutch captain Jan Carstensz navigated the Gulf of Carpentaria aboard the Pera and Arnhem. The Arnhem crossed the Gulf to reach and name Groote Eylandt.
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Captain Arthur Phillip of the First Fleet, having decided to sail ahead of the rest of the fleet to prepare for the new settlement, sighted the coast of Van Diemen's Land.
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5 of 6 ships of the beleaguered Second Fleet arrived. The colony was gripped by a food crisis.
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Matthew Flinders completed the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as "New Holland")
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Charles Sturt charted the Darling River.
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it was sung in public for the first time
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at 1901 jan 1st australia becomes a fedoration.
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the first powerd aeroplane flight in australia
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On the 14th of april the titanic hit an iceberg and suck only one third of the passangers survived.
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Australia sends woman to the olympics for the first time.
