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Captain Cook
Landed at the east coast of Australia and named it"New South Wales". -
British Navy Captain Arthur Phillip
Founds a penal settlement at Sydney -
Gold Rush
In the 1850's, several locations in Australia found gold leading to gold rushes -
Secret Ballot
Australia becomes the first country to introduce the secret ballot - or 'Australian ballot' - for elections. -
Cricket Test
Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne. -
1901
Australia is unified. -
Canberra
Canberra is now the new capital. -
World war 1
Australia is in World War 1