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Aug 25, 1000
The Dingo to reach Australia
The Dingo is the first domesticated animal to reach Australia -
Aug 25, 1300
Marco Polo - Great Southern Land
• 1300 AD: Marco Polo discusses an great unexplored southern land. -
Dirk Hartog visits wa
• 1616 AD: Dirk Hartog, a Dutch explorer, sails to Western Australia. -
Captain James Cook claims it for Britain
• 1770: Captain James Cook lands on the more hospitable east coast of Australia and claims it for Britain. -
Hobart Town
Hobart Town is established in Van Diemens Land which is now known as Tasmania -
settlement in tasmania
• 1833: Port Arthur opens as a penal settlement in Tasmania -
Gold Rush In NSW
The gold rush begins near Bathurst in New South Wales -
World War 1
• 1914-; Australian troops fight in World War 1 -
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Austraila's History
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William Dampier, cost of Australia
William Dampier, English explorer, arrives on the west coast of Australia
