the Australian colonies

By jpendo

  • Matthew Flinders circumnavigates continent, which he names ‘Australia

  • Convict uprising put down by New South Wales Corps

  • The Rum Rebellion, in which Governor William Bligh is deposed by the New South Wales Corps

  • Ex-convict Andrew Bent founds first free press in the Australian colonies

  • First Commission of Inquiry into colonial affairs by John Thomas Bigge report published

  • New South Wales Act (UK)' establishes Legislative Council for NSW

  • Founding of the Colonial Museum (now the Australian Museum) – first museum in the country

  • Settlement of Perth

  • Gundagai flood

    the deadliest in Australian history

  • Australia’s first railway line opens in Victoria

  • First Melbourne Cup

  • Jack Howe shears 321 sheep in one day using hand shears – a record that still stands