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Blue Mountains
Blaxland Lawson Wentworth crossed the Blue Mountains. -
1817-1818 OXLEY
Oxley explored inland New South Wales.He discovers the liverpool Plains--1817/1818. -
Van Dieman's Land
Van Dieman's Land becomes a separate colony -
Cunningham
Cunningham explores the Darling Downs. -
The Potato Famine.
Lots of Irish people migrated to Australia in the 1840s to flee the potato famine, which took away a million lives.1841 to 1850, over 30,000 Irish landed in Australia through a migration assistance scheme. -
The Gold Rush
Most of the miners who came to the goldfields were Chinese.The gold rush completely changed that however. In the two years that followed Edward Hargraves’s discovery at Bathurst. -
Eureka Stockade
The Eureka Rebellion in 1854 was a rebellion of gold miners of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. -
Tasmania
May 1 1855, Tasmania .s.g8 -
1844-1860 STURT
Stuart explored inland Australia from South Australia to the Northern Territory.
Sturt discovers Sturt Stoney Desert in 1844. -
1868
The end of convict transportation. -
The Bushrang
Bushranging begins.There were more than 2000 bushrangers during Australia's past. -
The Cameleers
In the latter half of the 1800s, as the commercial opportunities in central Australia increased, the harsh environment began to slow progress. projects such as the Overland telegraph and railways running across the country, north-south and east-west,required reliable deliveries of materials and supplies.However, horses and donkeys were not suited to travelling in the dry,hot and sandy conditions of inner Australia. -
The White Australian Policy
When the Australian
