Sophie's Australian colonisation timeline

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    Industrial revolution

    The industrial revolution was the moment when machines were made life jobs. Clothes Were created by these machines.
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    The original border of NSW

    The original border of the first colony in New South Wales .
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    Arthur Phillip came to Sydney cove.

    Arthur Phillip came to Sydney cove in 1788. He had instuctions to establish the British. Phillip built the penal settlement of NSW.

  • Transport and Communication Began

    Transport and Communication Began
    Transport and Communication began developing. trains were invented in 1804 and telephones were invented in 1876, bikes were invented in 1830

  • Van Dieman's land

    Van Dieman's land
    Van dieman's land (Tasmania) separated from NSW became the second colony in Australia. Britian clamied the whole of Australia.

  • The third of the mainland

    The third of the mainland
    The border of NSW had been moved west with Western Australia, covering the third of the mainland.
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    New South Wales

    NSW encompassed most of Australia.

  • Melbourne the centre of the new colony.

    Melbourne the centre of the new colony.
    Melbourne the centre of the new colony had been found by John Batman.

  • The first settlers arrived from Britain

    The first settlers arrived from Britain
    The first settlers arrived from Britain. Waited on kangaroo island while the settlement site would be decided.

  • Adelaide

    Adelaide
    Adelaide became the centre of the new colony.

  • Southern part of Nsw broke away

    Southern part of Nsw broke away
    The southern part of New South Wales broke away to separate the colony of Victoria.

  • The gold rushes

    The gold rushes
    The gold rushes became growth in Victoria. People abandoned the city for the gold field . Then they returned and all the gold had run out.
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    American Civil War

    Britain could not stop sending convicts and prisoners over because they had no where to put them and there were so many of them.

  • The colonial borders

    The colonial borders
    The colonial borders had been finalised.
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    Six colony's in Australia

    There were 6 colonies in Australia.

  • The new railway station at Albury

    The new railway station at Albury
    The new railway station at Albury. The grand style was built to impress.

  • Government house night

    Government house night
    Government house night in Melbourne.

  • The railway station

    The railway station
    The railway station lit up federal celebrations.