History of Australia

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  • Gold rush

    Gold rush

    The Gold rush was the rapid influx of population due to the discovery of gold in parts of Australia.
  • Eureka Stockade

    Eureka Stockade

    The Eureka Stockade saw the notability of mining licenses clash with government forces.
  • Federation of Australia

    Federation of Australia

    All of the different states became one and the first Australian flag was lifted above the Australian parliament.
  • Australian Woman Suffrage

    Australian Woman Suffrage

    One of the earliest gender equalities in Australia, apart of southern and western Australia which already had this rule, women were aloud to vote of the age pf 21.
  • Founding Canberra

    Founding Canberra

    Canberra was made the name of Australia's new national capital.
  • Gallipoli

    Gallipoli

    Australian troops landed at what is now known as Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsular
  • Influenza pandemic

    Influenza pandemic

    The 'Spanish Flu' pandemic emerged at the end of the First World War, killing more then 50 million people around the world. In Australia about 40 percent of the population caught the virus and about 15,000 died.
  • First nations people counted in the Census

    First nations people counted in the Census

    From 1901 to 1971, first nations people were not counted in the Census, but from 1971 they were.
  • National Apology

    National Apology

    In 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, made a formal apology to Australian aboriginal peoples, mainly focused on the stolen generation.
  • First case of covid-19 confirmed in Australia

    First case of covid-19 confirmed in Australia

    New disease during 2021 caused the world to have many problems, no one was able to travel anywhere, lockdowns were used when needed and many people have died.