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Aborigines arrive in Australia, date is unknown
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The First Fleet arrives on the shores of Australia
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Mathew Flinders completes circumnavigation of Australia
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Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains
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Victorian Gold Rush starts in Ballarat
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Eureka Stockade
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Transportation of convicts to Australia ceases
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Australia becomes a Federation
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Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War
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The Great Depression hits Australia
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Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened
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Australian soldiers sent to Second World War
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Indigenous Australians are given full rights as citizens
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Decimal currency is introduced in Australia
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Darwin is devastated by Cyclone Tracy
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Australia celebrates bicentenary