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The British discovered Australia
Navigator and Captain James Cook found the whole of the east coast of Austral on 22 August 1770, naming eastern Australia New South Wales. -
Industrial revolution
The Industrial Revolution marks a major turning point in human history almost every aspect of daily life was eventually changed due to the revolution -
Gold Rush Victoria
The discovery of the gold rush changed Australias ecocnomic and social system for ever after we added migrants from china and made lots of money from the gold. -
Eureka Stockade
The rebellion came about because the goldfield workers opposed the governm ent miners' licences. The licences were a way for the government to tax the miners -
Conference of berlin
it was a meeting of the euorpean power houses about the ownership of Africa which they mostly owned -
effifal tower was built
The Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous structures in the world. It was named after Alexandre Eiffel whose team of builders designed it. It was finished in 1889 -
The First Modern Olympics
The first modern Olympics attracted 250 male athletes from 14 nations who competed in 43 events. -
VFL was created
The Victorian Football League was created in 1896 and the following year the League’s first games were played among the starting clubs Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne. -
Boer War
the Boer war was when the boers attacked the british in South Africa and Australia joined them in the war -
The first flight by the Wright brothers
The 2 Wright brothers Wilbur and Orville created the first plane that could fly in 1903 which lead to our planes today. -
Titanic sank
The titanic was the largest ship of its time and it sank in Newfoundland after running into a iceberg killing over 1500 people. -
World War 1
The First World War began when Britain and Germany went to war in August 1914, and Prime Minister gave full support for Britain. The war was greeted in Australia,
