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1600:Janszoon maps northen Australian coast
the western side of Cape York Peninsula and charted about 300km of the coastline -
1700:trade with the makassar
The makassar did not settle in Arnhem land but they did have an influence on Yolnu society and ritual they introduced calico,tabacco and smoking pies -
1804:Castle Hill Rebellion
Led by veterans of the United Irish Rebellion of 1798 the poorly armed insurgents confronted the colonial force of Australia -
1815:founding the Bathurst
Bathurst was initially planned as an administrative centre for the government officials solders and convicts -
1822:first bigge report published
bigge traveled through the colony interviewing and gathering evidence for his three reports -
1830:The black line
setter force attempts to corral Aboriginal people on the Tasman Peninsual -
1841:New Zealand becomes were separated colony
on the 1 of July the islands of New Zealand were separated from the Colony of New South Wales and made a colony in their own rights this it ended more then 50 years of confusion over the relationship between the islands and the Australian colony -
1942:Australian troops return to fight in the pacific
In February 1942 as Singapore fell and the japanese military prepared to invade Papua New Guinea the 7th division of the second Australian imperial Force was sailing from the middle east back to the pacific