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Timeline of Australian colonies
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES -
1770 Captain Cook
In 1770 Captain Cook landed on the east coast of australia -
1788 The First Fleet
In 1788 the first fleet carring 1480 men,women and children landed in botany bay and said the soil wasn't good enough so they moved to Sydney cove -
1803 - Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders was a traveller and was the first European to go around the perimeter of Australia -
1829 - Western Australia
In 1829 Charles Fremantle cut down a tree in Western Australia to establish it. He also claimed the land -
1851 - The Gold Rush/ Edward Hargravens
Edward Hargravens was the first person to find gold in Bathurst and it weighed 228kg -
1852 - gold rush effects
As the gold rush grew more people tried to struck it rich but kept on failing. During this more than 1 million people moved to Australia -
1854 - The Eruka Stockade
people argued and argued because they thought Australia created the Eruka stockade. Thirty miners and five solider were killed -
1889 - Henry Parks
After Henry Parks gave his speech about federation everyone liked the idea. -
1901 - Fedoration
Federation started in 1901 and the first ever parliament was built in Melbourne on the ninth of may and the coat of arms was created.
