Early European History of Australia CH

First European to discover eastern coast of New Holland (New South Wales) - Captain James Cook

Aug 22, 1770

First Fleet arrives in Botany Bay

Jan 20, 1788

First Settlement in Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania) - Colonel Collins

Jan 14, 1804

1836 Planned Colony of Adelaide

Dec 28, 1836

Gold Rush starts in Ballarat 1851

Aug 9, 1851

Eureka Stockade Peter Lalor 1854

Dec 2, 1854