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Period: 70,000 BCE to 46,000 BCE
Arrival at Asia to Departure
They were the first to arrive in Asia some 70,000 years ago, roaming the area at least 24,000 years before the ancestors of present-day Europeans and Asians. -
Period: 50,000 BCE to 45,000 BCE
Oldest Religion
The earliest evidence of belief in afterlife. -
Period: 30,000 BCE to 50,000 BCE
Trading
Trading was founded 30-50000 years ago. -
Period: 25,000 BCE to 35,000 BCE
Rock Carvings
Rock Carvings are carved by native Indigenous people. -
Period: 14,000 BCE to 2400 BCE
Ice Age
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Period: 10,000 BCE to 100,000 BCE
Murray-Darling Basin Formation
The Murray–Darling basin is a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia. Its name is derived from its two major rivers, the Murray River and the Darling River. -
Period: 8000 BCE to 7000 BCE
Earliest Maps
About 1000 years ago, aboriginals made the first maps -
Period: 5000 BCE to 4000 BCE
Mungo Man
Mungo Man roams the world, eventually finding Australia. -
The first European to land at Australia
The first European to land at Australia is Dutch explorer Captain Willem Janszoon. -
The day Captain James Cook discovered Australia
In 1770, Captain Cook 'discovered' the southeast coast of Australia, landing in Botany Bay. On 22 August 1770, he claimed the whole of the east coast of Australia at Possession Island, naming eastern Australia New South Wales. -
The day the First Fleet arrived at Australia
The First Fleet of 11 ships, each one no larger than a Manly ferry, left Portsmouth in 1787 with more than 1480 men, women, and children on board. Although most were British, there were also African, American and French convicts. After a voyage of three months, the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay on 24 January 1788. -
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The stolen Generation
The Stolen Generations (also known as Stolen Children) were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies and church missions, under acts of their respective parliaments. -
Mungo Lady Skeleton Found!
The scientists follow an old riverbed to find Mungo Lady. -
Mungo Man Bones Discovered
Scientists have found the bones of the oldest human ever; Mungo Man. -
Sorry Day
This is the day that the current PM (Kevin Rudd)
