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First Fleet Arrives
Govenor Arthur Phillips leads first european settlement in NSW -
Period: to
1788-1888
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Second Fleet Arrives
Second fleet arrives, convicts kept in horrific conditions. Many died from sickness, setting colony into food crisis. -
George Bass and Mathew Flinders circumnavigate Tasmania
First ever Circumnavigation of Tasmania. Exact date unknown. -
Rum Rebellion
Only succesful armed takeover of government in Australian history where Govenor William Bligh was removed from power by the New South Wales Corps and replaced with Lachlan Maquarie -
Matthew Flinders Refers To NSW As 'Australia'
Exact Date Unknown -
Australias First Bank
Bank of New South wales opened in Maquarie Place (now know as westpac) -
Govenor Lachlan Maquarie petitions to use Australia instead of New Holland
Qovenor Maquarie petitions to British Admiralty to use the name Australia instead of New Holland. -
Colony at Moreton Bay Established
Penal colony established in Moreton Bay, (now known as Brisbane)
(i dont know exact date) -
Colony established in Port Arthur
Now know as Melbourne (exact date unknown) -
State of Victoria declared
Victoria seperated form New South Wales (I dont know excact date) -
Burke and Wills Expedition
Ill fated burke and wills expedition starts. -
Ned Kelly Hanged
Notorious bushranger Ned Kelly hanged. -
Australian cricket team defeat England in the first ever Ashes seires
Exact date unkown
