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Australia History

By Shammie

  • First Europeans

    First Europeans
    First Europeans to sail to Australia were the Dutch.

  • James Cook sailed

    James Cook sailed
    Captain James Cook sailed around Australia.

  • British ship sailed!

    British ship sailed!
    British ships called the “First Fleet” left England with convicts to establish a prison colony.

  • New South Wales Prison

    New South Wales Prison
    New South Wales was officially a penal (prison) colony consisting mainly of convicts, marines (guards), and the marines’ families

  • Stop transporting

    Stop transporting
    British transported prisoners to Australia until 1868.

  • Canberra

    Canberra
    Canberra is founded and designated as the capital.

  • Defeated

    Defeated
    The Great Depression following the Wall Street Crash hits Australia hard. Recovery is uneven, and the Labor government is defeated in the election in 1931.

  • Leads

    Leads
    Australia leads intervention force in East Timor to counter pro-Indonesia militia violence after territory's independence vote. Relations with Indonesia worsen.

  • Labor

    Labor
    Labor government abandons policy - introduced in 1990s - of holding all asylum seekers in detention centres until their cases are heard.

  • Minister Malcolm Turnbull

    Minister Malcolm Turnbull
    Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull replaces Tony Abbott as prime minister after a successful Liberal Party leadership challenge.