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Aboriginal owners
Before 1788 there were approximately 700 languages spoken throughout Australia with an estimated population of 750,000 people -
The Dutch came to Australia
The Dutch East India Company, ship duyfken under Captain Willem Janszoom explored the Western Coast of Cape York Peninsula. This was the first recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil. -
The First Fleet
The first fleet left Portsmouth in 1787 with more than 1480 men, women and children on-board. There was British, French, American and African Convicts that travelled from Portsmouth to Botany Bay. -
The Australian Gold Rush
Most of the gold finds happened in Australia prior to 1851, but only the gold that was found from 1851 onwards created gold rushes. -
The first AFL game was played
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Stolen Generation
Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are taken from their families by Australian and State government agencies. This practice lasted 100 years -
Ned Kelly was hanged
Ned Kelly was an Australian Bush ranger of Irish decent, a bush ranger is an outlaw living in bush land -
Australia becomes a federation
Edmund Barton becomes the 1st Prime Minister of Australia; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General, the first parliament met in Parliament house, Melbourne -
Canberra becomes the capital of Australia
Melbourne and Sydney both wanted to be the capital of Australia. After Federation in 1901 Canberra was declared the capital -
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World War 1
The First World War killed 17 million people, traumatised a generation. It went for 4 years. -
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World War 2
World War 2 is the 2nd war that Adolf Hitler was in charge of. involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. Over 60 million people were killed, which was about 3% of the 1940 world population (est. 2.3 billion). -
The first McDonalds opened in Australia
