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1769 |
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Captain James Cook reached Tahiti on 3 June |
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1770 |
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Captain James Cook discovers New South Wales and takes possession of the Australian land in the name of Great Britain |
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1771 |
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Captain James Cook returns to England |
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1772 |
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13 July: Captain James Cook embarks on the voyage of discovery in the Resolution |
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1776 |
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12 July: Captain James Cook with the ships HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery look for the Northwest passage but bad weather drives him back to Hawaii |
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1779 |
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14 February: Captain Cook is killed by natives |
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1779 |
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Banks suggests founding a convict settlement at Botany Bay. |
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1783 |
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Plans for the colonization in New South Wales are made in the UK |
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1788 |
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Foundation of Sydney. |
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1795 |
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1795-1796: George Bass and Matthew Flinders make voyages in the Tom Thumb |
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1798 |
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George Bass discovers the Bass Strait and Westernport. |
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1803 |
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Matthew Flinders circumnavigates Australia. |
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1804 |
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Foundation of Hobart |
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1806 |
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Bligh made Governor of New South Wales |
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1808 |
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Mutiny in New South Wales leading to the deposition of Bligh. |
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1824 |
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Foundation of Brisbane |
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1829 |
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Australia claimed as British territory |
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1836 |
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Foundation of Adelaide |
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1837 |
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Accession of Queen Victoria |
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1837 |
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1837-1840: George Grey explores Western Australia |
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1841 |
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George Grey appointed Governor of South Australia |
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1847 |
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Gold found in Port Phillip |
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1850 |
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Western Australia becomes a penal colony |
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1867 |
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End of transportation to Western Australia |
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1870 |
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British troops withdrawn from Australia |
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1880 |
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Capture of the Ned Kelly Gang |
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1882 |
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The Kimberley gold rush and Silver discovered at Broken Hill |
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1892 |
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Coolgardie gold-field discovered |
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1899 |
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Australian troops sent to fight in South African War |
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1902 |
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Immigration Restriction Act passed |
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1914 |
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1914 - 1918 World War I |
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1915 |
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Anzac |
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1918 |
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August 8: Battle on the Somme the capture of Mont St. Quentin by Australian forces. |
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1918 |
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End of WW1 |
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1919 |
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Ross and Keith Smith fly from England to Australia by aeroplane |
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1939 |
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1939 - 1945 1939-1945 World War 2 |
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1941 |
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Tobruk |
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1942 |
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Darwin bombed |
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1945 |
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The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
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