1750-1918

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  • captain cooks finds aust

  • first fleet

    Between 1788 and 1850 the English sent over 162,000 convicts to Australia in 806 ships. The first eleven of these ships are today known as the First Fleet and contained the convicts and marines that are now acknowledged as the Founders of Australia.

  • the rum rebelion

    1808 officers and men of the New South Wales Corps marched to Government House in Sydney in an act of rebellion against Governor William Bligh. Bligh was arrested and the colony was placed under military rule.

  • sydney settlement published

  • sydney herald published

  • eureka stockade

  • ned kelly hanged

  • aus federation

  • wright bros

  • sink titanic

  • ww1 starts

  • ww1 ends