Swan River
Category: Other
Updated: 5 Nov 2017
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Created byXavier Georgitsis
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Events
1901
Federation of Australia1606
Discovery of
Australian continent1697
First discovery
of Swan River1616
First discovery of
Western Australia1627
First mapping of
Western Australia1772
First claim made by a
European power in
Western Australia1788
First settlement in
Australia established1786
Talk of jointly settling
Swan River jointly between
Sweden and Netherlands1801
First mapping of
Swan River and cove1825
First engagement between
natives and Europeans1827
Freshwater discovered
in Swan River by Fremantle2 May 1829
Western Australia formally
claimed for the British Empire12 August 1829
Swan River settled,
Fremantle appointed governor1832
Western Australia
Legislative Council established1 June 1850
Western Australia accepts
convicts for the first timeJanuary 1868
No more convicts
(economic problems)1877
First telegraph with
another major settlement1886
Major gold
discovery1890
Independence of
Western Australia
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