Kiana's History TimeLine By mattsoccer138 Apr 20, 1770 James Cook Claims Australian East Coast Apr 20, 1788 British First Fleet Arrives in Australia Apr 20, 1798 Bass and Fliders discover Tasmania is an Island Apr 24, 1804 A Settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Dieman's Land Apr 23, 1851 Victorian Gold Rush Apr 23, 1854 The Eureka Stockade Apr 24, 1901 Edmund Barton Becomes Prime Minister of Australia Apr 24, 1913 The Foundation Stone for the City of Canberra is put in Place Apr 24, 1914 Australian Soldiers are Sent to the First World War Apr 24, 1918 First World War Ends - 60,000 Austalians Dead Apr 24, 1921 Edith Cowan Becomes the First Woman Elected to an Australian Parliament Apr 24, 1931 Sir Douglas Mawson Charts 4,000 Miles of Antarctic Coastline Apr 23, 1932 The Sydney Harbour Bridge Opens Apr 24, 1939 Second World War Invasion of Poland Apr 24, 1945 Second World War Ends Apr 23, 1956 Melbourne Holds the Olympics Apr 24, 1956 Television Australia is Launched Apr 24, 1964 First Troops Sent to the Vietnam War Apr 24, 1967 Indigenous Australian are Given the Right to Vote Apr 23, 1973 The Sydney Opera House is Opened Apr 24, 1973 Vietnam War Ends Apr 20, 1974 Darwin is Devastated by Cyclone Tracy Apr 20, 2000 27th Olympics Games held in Sydney
