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Captain Cook claims ownership of Australia
Captain James Cook claims ownership of Australia for the British Crown. From that moment on many history classes and books started teaching australian history.
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The First Conflict
The first disagreement between the first fleet and the aboriginal people. This took place somewhere near Rushcetters Bay, Sydney. Two Convicts were killed on this day.
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First Aboriginal person to go to sea
The date and month is unknown. Orphan Boy Bon-del is the first Aborigional person to go to sea, sailing aboard the brig supply, bound of Norfolk Island.
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French Captain and English navigator meet
French Captain Nicholas Baudin and the English navigator Matthew Flinders meet at the South Australian border near Victor Harbor. Baudin had orders to study aborigional people for the new science of anthropopology just founded in Paris. Many such drawings are now in a collection in Le Havre,France. -
Colonists assisted by the aboriginal people
Colonists were assisted by the aboriginal people, cross the blue Mountains and create new hostilities as they pass through Aboriginal lands. The path the colonists take is in fact a long- established Aboriginal route that had been in constant use for thousands of years. -
Aboriginal passports
Dont know percific date or month.
Passports or certificates are issued to Aboriginal people “who conduct themselves in a suitable manner”, to show they are officially accepted by Europeans. Source: http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/history/aboriginal-history-timeline-1770-1899#ixzz3kT7Dkqrr -
Colony set up in Perth.
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A colony is set up in Perth, on the south-west coast of Australia. Source: http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/history/aboriginal-history-timeline-1770-1899#ixzz3kT7uMPXz -
John Batman attempts to make a treaty
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October: John Batman attempts to make a ‘treaty’ with Aboriginal people for Port Phillip Bay, near present day Melbourne by ‘buying’ 243,000 hectares with 20 pairs of blankets, 30 tomahawks, various other articles and a yearly tribute. Governor Bourke does not recognise the ‘treaty’ and the purchase is voided. This is the only time colonists attempt to sign a treaty for land with Aboriginal owners. Source: http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/history/aborig -
Aboriginal people attack settlers
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Aboriginal people attack settlers on the Dawson River, Queensland, leading to reprisals by local squatters and police. Source: http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/history/aboriginal-history-timeline-1770-1899#ixzz3kTCj6yHa -
Cyclone Mahina
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March: Cyclone Mahina passes over Bathurst Bay, Capy York, far north Queensland, and kills 12 white men and more than 100 Aboriginal people who were working on pearl luggers. The novel The Devil’s Eye by Ian Townsend details the devastation which was “greater than Hurricane Katrina” Source: http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/history/aboriginal-history-timeline-1770-1899#ixzz3kTDbTY7x
