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New Zealand Found
Dutch explorer Abel Tasman views the south island and charts some of the country's west coast. It consequently appears on Dutch maps as New Zealand, named after the Dutch province of Zeeland. -
James Cook Explore Coastlines
British captain James Cook explores coastline, also in 1773 and 1777. Captain James Cook discovered New Zealand, and claims it as the British Crown. -
James Cook lands in Botany Bay
Captain James cook was a British explorer, cartographer and navigator. He is well known in Australia for being the first European to achieve contact with the eastern coastline of Australia. In 1770 Cook arrived by boat in Botany Bay, Sydney. -
Australian Frontier Wars
The Australian frontier wars were a series of conflicts that were fought between Indigenous Australians and mainly British settlers that spanned a total of 146 years. -
The Battle of Richmond Hill
The Battle of Richmond Hill, also known as the Battle of the Hawkesbury, was a major battle of the Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars, which were fought between the native Darug people and the New South Wales Corps. -
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Convincing Ground massacre
When Portland, Victoria was established as a whaling station in 1829, there was tension between the local Gunditjmara people Kilcarer gundidj clan and the whalers. -
Pinjarra Massacre
The Pinjarra Massacre or the Battle of Pinjarra was an attack that occurred at Pinjarra, Western Australia on a group of up to 80 Noongar people by a detachment of 25 soldiers, police and settlers led by Governor James Stirling. -
Batman's Treaty
before Melbourne was officially recognised as a settlement, John Batman, presented Wurundjeri Elders with a land use agreement.British government to claim that local Aboriginal people had given Batman access to their land in exchange for goods. Today, the meaning and interpretation of this treaty is contested. Some argue it was pretence for taking Aboriginal land in exchange for trinkets, while others argue it was significant in that it sought to recognise Aboriginal land rights. -
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The New Zealand Wars
The New Zealand Wars, also referred to as the Land Wars. Maori put up resistance to British colonial rule. -
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE (NZ)
Lord Glasgow, a governor in New Zealand, allowed all women to have the right to vote in parliamentary elections. -
Women Rights
Australia was one of the first to give women both the right to vote in federal elections and also the right to be elected to parliament on a national basis. -
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND - DOMINION
Australia and New Zealand became self-governing colonies of the British Empire.