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The First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay NSW
On this day The First fleet arrived in the area Captain James Cook had named Botany Bay. There were over one thousand people on 11 ships that had journeyed from Portsmouth England, this voyage had taken roughly 8 months to complete. (Peel, M & Toomey, C, 'A history of Australia', 2011) -
Victoria is established as a colony.
Within a few weeks of this occuring, Victoria had become one of the most attractable regions. This was due to the emergence of gold found around the area that today is known as Ballarat and Bendigo. *Image Collins Street Melbourne, 1850's
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Eureka Stockade
This in known as the Eureka Rebellion, which occured due to the fact the miners had enough of the British authorities trying to charge them for licenses. This rebellion resulted in 27 deaths. *Image:www.resource2.news.com.au/089018-121215-rev-southern-cross.jpg retrieved 13/03/15 -
First recorded Game of AFL
This game was played between two schools in the local area of Melbourne. These schools were Scotch College and Melbourne Grammar. The game was played in a park, that now is the MCG precinct. *image retrieved 14/03/15 www.afl.com.au -
A nation is born.
This was the day the 6 self governing colonies Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Westorn Autralia, South Australia and Tasmania joined forces and became a Nation. *Image retrieved 14/03/15 www. rba.gov.au -
ANZACS born
On this day Australian and New Zealand forces set out to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. Many young lives were lost in this battle. Today this day is used to commemerate the sacrifes young men and women made, to make Australia what it is today. *image retrieved 14/03/2015 www.awm.gov.au -
Australia under attack
On this day Japanese forces dropped bombs on Darwin port and harbour twice during the day. This resulted in the deaths of 252 people. *image retrieved 15/03/2015 www.naa.gov.au -
Melbourne holds Olympic Games
This was the first Olympic games held outside the Northern Hemisphere. The games were held in Melbourne, with the MCG being the site for the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the track events. *image retrieved 15/03/2015 www.corporate.olympics.com.au -
Cyclone Tracy destroys Darwin
Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that destroyed Darwin on Christmas Eve 1975. Tracy killed 71 people.
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Australia celebrates Bicentenial
This day marked 200 years since the first fleet had arrived in Australia. On this day Sydney harbour held a re-enactment of the first fleet arriving. *Image retrieved 14/03/2015 www.australiaday.org.au -
Sydney holds Olympic Games
On this day Sydney held the 27th Olympic games. This event was viewed as one of the greatest Olympics ever held. *image retrieved 14/03/2015 www.google.com.au -
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a formal apology to Stolen Generation
On this day Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, stood infront of the nation and delivered a speech apologising to the Indegionus community for the hardships they had to indure at the hands of White Australians since settlement.
