history of austraila

By Jakub.Stather

  • 1770

    Captain James Cook charts the east coast in his ship HM Endeavour. Cook claims it as a British hands and names eastern Australia "New South Wales".

  • 1788

    British Navy captain Arthur Phillip fiunds a settlement at Sydney. He had arrived with a fleet of 11 ships, carrying nearly 800 convicts. The Aboriginal population at the time is thought to number several hundred thousand.

  • 1829

    Colony of Western Australia made at Perth by Captain James Stirling.

  • 1836

    South Australia established, with Adelaide as its capital.

  • 1850s

    Gold is found at several locations leading to gold rushes throughout the decade. The population increases in 10 years to pass the million mark. Aborigines are treated very badly and their numbers collapse.

  • 1901

    The country is unified. Australia becomes Australia on 1st January.

  • 1904

    The first car race in Australia is held

  • 1914-1918

    The Anzacs fight in World War I

  • 1927

    Canberra becomes the capital of Australia

  • 1935-1945

    The Anzacs fight in the Second World War

  • 1962

    Indigenous Australians are allowed to vote

  • 1963

    Indigenous Australians get full citizenship rights

  • 1990

    Carmen Lawrence elected western australia Prime minister first female prime minister of an Australian state