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First Fleet
First Fleet of European Settlers in Botany Bay. -
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European Settlement
Timeline of the First Fleet. -
Disease
Small pox epidemic decimate the Eora people around Sydney -
Starvation
As supplies run low, famine strikes the colony and nearly a quatre of the settlement die. -
Aboriginal Defendance
The Richmond Hill battle is considered to be the first recorded battle between Aboriginal people defending their country against the British. -
Aboriginal Resistance
Pemulwuy, the first guerrilla fighter leads the Darug in the first organised 12-year long Aboriginal resistance to the invasion. After being shot seriously twice, and surviving both times, he is considered unable to be killed by bullets. -
Tasmanian settlement
Tasmania is occupied by white people. The Black Wars of Tasmania last until 1830 -
Railway
The first long distance railway was built, it reaches from Melbourne, through Bendigo to Echuca on the Murray River border. -
Cricket
The first Australian Cricket Team to tour overseas leaves Australia for England; the team is all Aboriginal -
Aboriginal Population
Aboriginal population reduced Australia wide to an estimated 80,000, reduced by 220,000 -
World War 1
Beginning of WWI. Approximately 400 to 500 Aboriginal continue to be removed from their families during the period 1914 to 1918, including children whose fathers are overseas at War. -
World War 2
Beginning of WWII. An estimated 3000 Aboriginal people and Islanders serve as formally enlisted soldiers, sailors or airmen. Aboriginal children continue to be removed from their families during the period 1939 to 1945, including children whose fathers are overseas at war -
Aboriginal Citizenship
Under the Commonwealth and Citizen Act 1948 (No. 83) all Aboriginals are now British subjects and Australian citizens -
Aboriginal Flag
Aboriginal Flag is designed by Luritja artist Harold Thomas and flown for the first time in Adelaide -
Olympics
Aboriginal Cathy Freeman wins Gold at the Sydney Olympics
