The Australian Nation

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  • Cook's Discovery

    Cook's Discovery
    James Cook discovers Australia and continued to charter along the eastern coast.

  • The First Fleet Lamding

    The First Fleet Lamding
    Captain Arthur Phillip and his crew arrive at Botany Bay, where it was discovered that there was no locally fresh water available. When the rest of the fleet arrived the following day, they travelled north to Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour)

  • Australia's First Newpaper

    Australia's First Newpaper
    George Howe publishes the first issue of The Sydney Gazette and The New South Wales Advertiser, Australias's first newspaper.

  • Crossing The Blue Mountains

    Crossing The Blue Mountains
    Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, marking the end of the first successful expedition across the Blue Mountains.

  • Name Change

    Name Change
    Name change from ' New Holland ' to ' Australia ', recommended by Matthew Flinders in 1804, received official sanction by the United Kingdom.

  • British Claim of Australia

    British Claim of Australia
    The whole of Australia was claimed as British territory.

  • Batman's Treaty

    Batman's Treaty
    Batman's Treaty is created between John Batman and Wurundjeri elders to secure the land around Port Phillip Bay for the establishment of Melbourne. The treaty was later declared void by the Governor of New South Wales, Richard Bourke.

  • South Australia

    South Australia
    28 December - South Australia and Adelaide are founded.

  • Colonisation Anniversary

    Colonisation Anniversary
    The 50th anniversary of the colony of New South Wales was celebrated with a regatta on Sydney Harbour and other festivities.

  • Gold Rush

    Gold Rush
    Edward Hargraves finds gold near Bathurst, starting the first of many Australian gold rushes.

  • Tasmania

    Tasmania
    The name Tasmania officially adopted to replace Van Diemen's Land which was felt to have too many convict connotations.

  • Royal Australian Mint

    Royal Australian Mint
    A Victorian branch of the Royal Australian Mint opens in Melbourne.

  • Sydney Town Hall

    Sydney Town Hall
    The Sydney Town Hall is officially opened.

  • Australian Constituion

    Australian Constituion
    The Constitution of Australia comes into force, as the federation of Australia is complete. John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, is appointed as the first Governor-General, and Edmund Barton as the first Prime Minister.