Significant Events in Australia during the 18th and 19th Century

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    Significant Australian Events

  • Captain cook discovered Australia

  • Eleven ships containing convicts set sail for Australia

  • First Fleet arrives in Australia

  • the first bank (Bank of NSW) is established

  • The term Australia begins to be used in everyday speech

  • The discovery of gold in NSW and Victoria

  • The Eureka stockade

  • The end of convict transportation from England