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Lieutenant James Cook claims the East coast for Australia
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French made a claim on part of the Western Coast of Australia
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First Settlement which is today Sydney
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A period of exploration, frontier war, and new settlements being built. (Try to find specific dates for some of these)
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George Bass explored the South Coast of Australia as far as Western Port in Victoria
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More people lived on Norfolk Island than in Sydney Town
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Matthew Flinders made a voyage around Tasmania, exploring the Tamar River mouth in North Tasmania and the Derwent River in the South-East
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Two settlements were established
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Another settlement of 455 persons were established; mainly convicts and marines
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Colonies expanded in Eastern Australia
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Van Dieman's Land became a colony in its own right
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Successful Settlement at King George on the Southern Coast of Western Australia
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Captain James Stirling explored the swan river
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Colonies created in South Australia
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A total of 636 people arrived in nine ships in South Australia
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Opium Wars
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the Great Australian Gold Rush, the colonies experienced huge growth and immigration.
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Population increase from 76000 to 540000
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Black Thursday Bushfires
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The Eureka Rebellion was an armed conflict which is attributed to as the birth of democracy in Australia.
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Two houses of Parliament were established
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considered the 'heyday' of the Bushrangers. It is believed that at their peak over 2000 bushrangers roamed the continent.
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Melbourne town hall built
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Conditions improved for many Australian workers
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Rail links between Melbourne and Sydney were completed
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Queensland and Western Australia removed the right for Aborigines to vote
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Rail links between Brisband and Syndey
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Queensland is in civil war between the armed unions against government forces. Large skirmishes, attacks on wool sheds, and naval battles take place across the colony.
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Australia went through its worst drought at the time
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Australia fights in the Boer War.
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Working class leisure - early 20th century football and rugby were introduced
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Federation of Australia is the beginning of the Australian nation.
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Aboriginal Population drops drastically
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Only Britain could make laws for all of Australia, so The Constitution became a part of a British Act of Parliament
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During first 14 years Commonwealth Government introduced progressive industrial and social legislation that's reforms were of great benefit to the working class
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One of the first bills of the new Commonwealth Government was a franchise bill to give all women a vote in federal elections
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The Conciliation and Arbitration Courth was established
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Workers compensation and maternity allowances acts were passed
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Australia fights in WW1 - Major battles include Gallipoli, Beersheba
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Canberra was chosen to represent Australia
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Approximately 28 women, men and children were murdered by 12 stockmen
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Labor Party, under John Scullin, won the election
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Removal of right of appeal for the High Court of Australia to the Privy Council in Britain
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William Ah Ket was a highly respected barrister and cosul general for China in 1913
