History of Australia
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Updated: 14 Nov 2017
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Captain cook lands in
Botany bay for the first
time and claims it for
BritainThe First Fleet, consisting of
11 ships and around 1,500
people(half of them convicts)
arrives in Sydney HarbourMore free settlers start
arriving in AustraliaGold is discovered
in parts of Victoria
and New South
WalesProspectors from
all around the world
come to Australia in
the hope of finding
goldThe British governor
imposed mining licences
on gold diggersAll the states in Australia
federate and become
a nationAustralians go to war in WWIEdmund Barton becomes
the first prime minister of
Australia until 1903Australians go to war again in WWIIANZACs land in GallipoliAboriginal Australians
are given rights
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