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Captain Cooks Arrival
In 1770, Englishman Lieutenant James Cook charted the Australian east coast in his ship HM Barque Endeavour. Cook claimed the east coast under instruction from King George III of England on 22 August 1770 -
Van Diemens Land
Captain Arthur Phillip of the First Fleet,having decided to sail ahead of the rest of the first fleet to prepare for the new settlement, sighted the coast of Van Diemen's Land. -
First navigation of Australia
Matthew Flinders completed the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as "New Holland") -
Australia
Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth crossed the Blue Mountains Matthew Flinders referred to New South Wales by the name "Australia". -
More expantion of Australia
A penal colony was founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane.
Bathurst and Melville Islands were annexed.
Permission was granted to change the name of the continent from "New Holland" to "Australia
The Hume and Hovell expedition travelled overland to Port Phillip Bay and discovered the Murray River (to 1825) -
Australia is founded by the British
The whole of Australia was claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth was founded. Swan River Colony was declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain. -
John Batman and john Fawkner establish Melbourne
John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner established a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. William Wentworth established Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales. -
South Australia founded
Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132° E. -
First non-British settlers in Australia
First Prussian settlers arrived in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. -
Victoria separates from NSW
Victoria separated from New South Wales.
