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  captain cook on the endeavour make the first sighting of the eatern coast of austrailia.
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  the second fleet DEATH FLEET!! arrivers with enough supplies to end famine.
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  the first flleet arrives
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  the third fleet arrives.
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  governor phillip leaves Australia for England
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  a new town major has been established in van diemens land knowm today as tasmania.
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  he suffered a stroke in 1808 and died 1814 at the age of 76
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  the first major gold strikes with gold found near bathurst in nsw the in victoria in a place known a ballarat.
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  australia defeat england in a cricket match on the enland cricket ground for the first time and what is called the ashes.
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  south australian women are granted the right to vote and the right to stand for parliament this is a world first.