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Australia 1800-1901

  • The Dairy Industry

    The Dairy Industry
    By 1800 there were 322 bulls and 712 cows in the Australian dairy industry.
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    Timespan 1800-1901

  • Blue Mountains

    Blue Mountains
    Blaxland,Wentworth and Lawson attended by four servants,five dogs and four horses left Blaxland's farm and found a passage over the Blue Mountains.When they finished crossing over they found that the land had rich soil and was good to grow crops on.
  • Liverpool Plains

    Liverpool Plains
    On John Oxley's 2nd expedition he saw a magnificent area of pastoral land and named it the Liverpool Plains.
  • Australia/New Holland

    Australia/New Holland
    The name New Holland was changed to Australia.
  • Adelaide Founded

    In 1836 Adelaide was founded.
  • Irish Potato Famine

    Irish Potato Famine
    Over 30000 Irish people came to Australia to fight for the last of the potatoes and took almost 1 million lives. This lasted for 9 years.
  • The Gold Rush Begins!!

    The Gold Rush Begins!!
    A gold rush is discovered in Australia.It was near Bathurst and near Ballarat. People from all over the world came to see it.
  • Eureka Stockade Rebellion

    Eureka Stockade Rebellion
    The gold miners didn't like the mining licence system so they rebelled which ended in a battle,lasting less than half an hour.
  • Tasmania Became Self-governing

    Tasmania is now self-governed.
  • N.S.W. Is Self-governing

    N.S.W. is now self-governed.
  • Victoria Became Self-governing

    Victoria is now self-governed.
  • S.A. Is Self-governing

    South Australia has become self-governed
  • Convict Transport Ends

    Convict Transport Ends
    On October 12th 1867 the last ship arrived to pick up 208 convicts and made it in 1868 to Australia.
  • Bushranging Peaked

    Bushranging Peaked
    Bushranging is more popular and more powerful than ever.
  • The Cameleers Arrive

    The Cameleers Arrive
    In 1870-1900 over 2000 cameleers with 15000 camels in total came from other countries to ride their camels.
  • Gibson Desert

    Gibson Desert
    Ernest Giles finds and names the Gibson Desert after his companion.
  • Capture Of The Kelly Gang

    The Kelly gang was captured.
  • Australia Is Made!

    Australia Is Made!
    The 6 states unite as one called Australia.
  • White Australia Policy

    White Australia Policy
    Immigrants from Engilsh speaking countries were accepted more than Europeans.The Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 was the start of this policy.
  • First Commonwealth Parliament

    The first Commonwealth parliament was opened