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Convict Settlement.
Captain Arthur Phillip establishes a convict settlement at Sydney Cove. -
Smallpox Breakout
An epidemic of a deadly disease named "Smallpox" breaks out in Sydney. -
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Matthew Flinders' Circumnavigation of Australia
At the very start of the 19th Century, a man who's name was Matthew Flinders, was the first to circumnavigate around the mysterious continent "Australia". -
First Australian Currency
Governer Lachlan Macquarie imported 40,000 silver Spanish "Eight-Reale" pieces. By stamping out the centres of the coins, he distinguished them as Australian Currency. Today they are worth lots of money. They are called the "Holey Dollar".