First fleet to First Prime Minister of Australia

By chris.pham

  • The first fleet arrive at Botany Bay

  • The colony of New South Wales is established

  • Van Diemen's land is established

  • Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle

  • South Australia is settled

  • North Australia is authorized

  • North Australia is revoked and merges back into NSW

  • Victoria is separated from NSW

  • Van Diemen's land is renamed to Tasmania

  • Select Committees in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia held to discuss the possibility of a federal union

  • Queensland is separated from NSW

  • South Australia's border extends

  • Queensland's borders extend

  • A region of NSW north of South Australia is transferred to South Australia

  • British troops withdrawn

  • Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act is passed by British Parliament

  • The commonwealth of Australia is proclaimed and Australia becomes a federation

  • Queen Victoria dies

  • Edmund Barton is elected as Australia's first prime minister