Australia

By shadid ahad

  • captain cook Found Austrailia

    captain cook Found Austrailia
    Captain cook set out on a voyage to find new Holland [Australia] and claim it

  • Arthur Phillip founds a penal statement in sydney

    Arthur Phillip founds a penal statement in sydney

  • colony of western Australia established at perth by Captain james stirling

  • The Great Depression following the Wall Street Crash hits Australia hard. Recovery is uneven, and the Labor government is defeated in the election in 1931

  • south Australia was published with Adelaide with their

  • Gold is found at several locations leading to gold rushes throughout the decade. The population increases three-fold in 10 years to pass the million mark

    Gold is found at several locations leading to gold rushes throughout the decade. The population increases three-fold in 10 years to pass the million mark

  • Australia becomes the first country to introduce the secret ballot - or 'Australian ballot' - for elections.

  • Australia becomes the first country to introduce the secret ballot - or 'Australian ballot' - for elections.

  • the first ever cricket game was played

  • canberra is now a capital

  • world war one

  • The US declares war on Japan. Australia turns to the US for help in its defence after the Japanese take Singapore. Australia allows the US to base its supreme command for the Pacific war on its territory.

  • Australia begins a scheme for immigration from Europe. Over the next 30 years, more than two million people arrive, about one-third of them from Britain, and hundreds of thousands from Italy, Greece and Germany.

  • Australia commits troops to the UN forces in the Korean war.

  • Olympic Games held in Melbourne.

  • Australia commits troops to the US war effort in Vietnam.

  • National referendum on changes to constitution is passed. Section which excluded Aboriginal people from official census is removed. Another change enables federal government to pass laws on Aboriginal issues.

  • Australia introduces new immigration laws, restricting the number of unskilled workers allowed into the country.

  • March - Bob Hawke becomes prime minister after his Labor Party secures a landslide victory.

  • The Australia Act makes Australian law fully independent of the British parliament and legal system. Turning to Asia

  • December - Paul Keating becomes Labor prime minister.

  • August - Government announces a multi-million dollar cruise missile programme, set to give Australia the region's "most lethal" air combat capacity.