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1. The first fleet arrives in sydney
The First fleet arrives in Sydney carrying convicts and British soldiers. -
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Australia in the 19th century
The australian colonies in the 1800s -
2. Rum rebellion
The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of government in Australian history. The military had power until the 5th government, Lachlan Macquarie came and held a successful battle for the people to take the role of Lachlan.At that Time of the 19th century that event was often called the Great Rebellion. -
3. Discovery of the Blue mountains
The 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains was the expedition led by Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth, which became the first and successful expedition of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales by European settlers. -
4. Australias first bank
Westpac is a proud,Old and Australia's one of a Kind First Bank.The bank was established in 1817.The bank was provided by Government Lachlan Macquarie. -
5. Oxley charted the Macquarie River.
In the year 1818 Oxley made the 1st ever map of Macquarie river. -
6. A penal colony at Moreton bay.
On 17th May 1824, James Cook discovers Moreton Bay. General of NSW, received instructions from Governor Brisbane to search for new penal establishment. -
7. Ex-convict Andrew Bent founds first free press in the Australian colonies.
On the 4 June 1824, Andrew Bent printed and published the Hobart Town newspaper without the approval of the government. This was the first time a newspaper had been published in Australia without government approval. -
8. New South Wales established first settlement in Western Australia
New South Wales established first settlement in Western Australia at King George Sound as a convict-supported military garrison, named Frederick Town but renamed Albany in 1832. -
9. The whole of Australia was claimed as British territory.
The whole of Australia was claimed as British territory when Major Edmund Lockyer formally annexed the western portion in a ceremony at King George Sound. -
10. The Sydney Herald was published.
The Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) was first published. -
11. First Prussian settlers arrived in South Australia
First Prussian settlers arrived in South Australia; the largest group of non-British migrants in Australia at the time. -
12. New Zealand was proclaimed as a separate colony
New Zealand and New South Wales were once claimed one whole colony but now New Zealand was proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer to be a part of New South Wales. -
13. Australia's first parliamentary elections was held.
Australia's first parliamentary elections was held,for the New South Wales Legislative Council ( voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property). -
14. Western Australia became a penal colony.
After all this time Western Australia Becomes a Penal Colony. -
15. Australia's first university.
In the Year 1850 It was a important year because they built Australia's' first University that means the University of Sydney, was founded. -
16. The Victorian gold rush started
The Victorian Gold rush started in the year 1851 and ended around the year 1860.The Victorian gold rush started when gold was found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat. -
17. The Eureka Stockade
The Eureka Rebellion was a rebellion in 1854, the event was caused by the law saying 'No Gold Miners License means you cant look for gold"So then days and days later they gathered together and put there own flag up and battle for there rights between the Victorian authorities and the miners.This happened in Eureka Ballarat Australia. -
18. The first railway in Australia was made
Until the middle of the 1800s, people travelled around the colonies of the Australian continent by horse-drawn transport . From 1854, when the first steam railway between Melbourne and Port Melbourne started, the railway system of the various colonies developed rapidly. -
19. Van Diemen's Land name changed
Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.Tasmania's Name Back in the 1850s was actually Van Diemen's this action happened in the year 1854. -
20. Australian rules football codified
Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded.This event happened in the year 1859. -
21. The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurred.
The year 1861 The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurred. They became the first men to cross Australia from south to north. -
22. Great Fire of Brisbane
The great fire of Brisbane left many people haunted and burned many houses and schools. The business side of Brisbane was in ruins following the disastrous fire. -
23. Saint Mary MacKillop founded the Josephites.
Saint Mary MacKillop founded Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart in the year 1967. -
24. SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef
SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off Bowen, North Queensland and sank with the loss of approximately 102 lives. -
25. The first congress was held
The first congress of trade unions was held.In the year 1879 is the national representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. -
26. Ned Kelly was hanged.
The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly was hanged in the year 1880. -
27. Silver was discovered at Broken Hill.
Silver was found and people where shocked.In the year 1883 silver was discovered in Broken Hill.
