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Captain Cook discovers Australia
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Eleven ships containing convicts set sail for Australia
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First Fleet arrives in Australia
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the first bank (Bank of NSW) is established
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The term Australia begins to be used in everyday speech
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New Zealand was Proclaimed as a Separate Colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
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The discovery of gold in NSW and Victoria
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the Eureka stockade
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Swearing Allegiance to the Southern Cross
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Van Diemens Land Changed to Tasmania
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The end of convict transportation from England
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First Test Match Was Played. Australia vs England at the MCG
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Banjo Paterson Published "The Man From Snowy River"
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The Australian Labor Party held office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world.