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1600's
Holland sailors landed on the North and West coast of Australia -
1770
Captin Cook discovered the East coast of Australia -
1770
Captin Cook raised the British flag on Australian soil -
1788
The first fleet arrived in Australia -
1800
Many people thought that joining in Federation would be a good idea -
first
Brittan changed its flag -
1804
Explorer Mathew Flinders suggested the name Australia -
1825
Briish money became Australias for four legal years -
1851/1900
Governor Macquarie bought 40000 Spanish silver dollars -
1901
Indigenous Australians were not considered citezeens -
1901
Most of the non-Indigenous was British -
1901
Australia past the immigration test -
1901
After federation Australian constitution became law -
1902
Women were given the right to vote in federal election -
1903
Federal parliament passed the judiciary act -
1910
First Australian coin came into use -
1924
Voting came compulsory for those who could vote -
1958
Act was changed to allow people from all nationalities to migrate to Australia -
1967
Nearly all Australians voted yes to change constitution -
1970
Post war immigration
