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End of the deportation of the british convicts
British Government agrees to cease sending convicts to New South Wales, some 80,000 convicts had been sent since 1788.[1] Convicts still sent to Van Diemen's Land and Port Phillip District colonies. -
People of Australia
About half the people living in Australia were born there. -
New Zealand proclaimed a British Colony
New Zealand was proclaimed a colony independent from New South Wales in 1840. It was legitimised by the Treaty of Waitangi and Lieutenant-Governor William Hobson's declaration of 21 May declaring sovereignty over the islands. -
Two Aboriginal Australian hung in front of their tribe after being accused of murder
two Ngarrindjeri men are publicly hung along the Coorong in front of their tribe after being accused of the murders of all 26 crew and passengers of the Maria shipwreck. The two men had been convicted in a drumhead court-martial with Major Thomas O'Halloran, South Australian Police Commissioner, presiding and passing sentence. -
Abolishment of the convict system
The convict assignment system was abolished in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land and was replaced by the probation gang system. -
Rufus River Massacre
The Rufus River Massacre was a massacre of 30–40 Aboriginal people that took place in 1841 along the Rufus River, in the Central Murray region, after three consecutive ambushes with "overlanders" (stock drovers) on the recently opened overland stock route, which followed an old Aboriginal route. The massacre occurred after an official party, including Protector of Aborigines, Matthew Moorhouse, along with police, was sent out by the Governor of South Australia, George Grey. -
Establishment of the Female Immigrant Home
Caroline Chisholm established the Female Immigrants Home to help unemployed new arrivals to Australia. -
The Argyle Cut in The Rocks is started
The Argyle Cut in The Rocks is started, using convict labour, it is completed in 1864, using free labourers. It's a heritage-listed roadway and road cutting located at Argyle Street in the inner-city Sydney suburb of The Rocks in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1843 to 1868 with convict and paid labour. -
New province is set up called Victoria
A new province is set up called Victoria, it's named after Queen Victoria -
Execution of the first European settler in Australia
John Gavin is the first European settler to be legally executed in Western Australia. Gavin, a fifteen-year-old apprentice, was found guilty of the murder of his employer's son, George Pollard. Before the arrival of Europeans, death sentences were carried out in Australia under Aboriginal customary law, either directly or through sorcery. -
Establishment of The Royal Society of Tasmania
The Royal Society of Tasmania was formed. It was the first branch of the Society established outside Britain and its mission is the advancement of knowledge. -
Discovery of rich body of copper ore at Burra, South Australia
News of the discovery of a rich body of copper ore at Burra, South Australia is published in Adelaide newspapers. The town began as a single company mining township that, by 1851, was a set of townships (company, private and government-owned) collectively known as "The Burra". -
Exploration of the Simpson Desert
Charles Sturt enters the Simpson Desert in central Australia. The explorer Charles Sturt, who visited the region from 1844 to 1846, was the first European to see the desert. -
Ludwig Leichhardt arrives at Port Essington after an overland journey
Ludwig Leichhardt arrives at Port Essington, Northern Territory, after an overland journey of 4800 km from Jimbour on the Darling Downs.
Wool export in Australia – 24 million pounds. -
Explorer John Ainsworth Horrock dies
Explorer John Ainsworth Horrocks dies at Penwortham in South Australia, a month after he accidentally shot himself in a hunting accident. -
First non-British ship carrying immigrans to arrive in Victoria
The first non-British ship carrying immigrants to arrive in Victoria was from Germany; the Goddefroy. Many of those on board were political refugees and known as Forty-Eighters. The Forty-Eighters were Europeans who participated in or supported the revolutions of 1848 that swept Europe. In the German states, the Forty-Eighters favored unification of the German people, a more democratic government, and guarantees of human rights. -
First convicts arrive in Western Australia, ticket-of-leave transportation suspended in New South Wales
First convicts arrive in Western Australia, ticket-of-leave transportation suspended in New South Wales. -
Port Phillip established as a separate colony from New South Wales
Port Phillip (later called Victoria) established as a separate colony from New South Wales. -
University of Sydney is founded as Australia's first university.
University of Sydney is founded as Australia's first university.The University of Sydney (USyd, usyd, USYD, or informally Sydney Uni) is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is Australia's first university and is regarded as one of the world's leading universities. -
Bushfires rage from Mount Gambier to Melbourne
The Black Thursday bushfires rage from Mount Gambier to Melbourne. Fires covered a quarter of what is now the state of Victoria, approximately 50,000 km2. Areas affected include Portland, the Plenty Ranges to the north of Melbourne, Westernport, the Wimmera and Dandenong districts. Approximately 12 people died, one million sheep and thousands of cattle were lost. -
Edward Hargraves finds gold near Barthust
Edward Hargraves finds gold near Bathurst, starting the first of many Australian gold rushes.It is often referred to as the Gold Country as it was the site of the first gold discovery and where the first gold rush occurred in Australia. -
Four of the five provinces of Australia granted 'self-government'
Four of the five provinces of Australia granted 'self-government'. They manage most of their own affairs but are still apart of the British Empire. -
New colony set up for convicts on Tasmania. Free settlers soon follow
Queen Victoria makes Norfolk Island a separate settlement from Tasmania to be administered by the Governor of New South Wales. -
Queensland, the last colony to be created, comes into existence
On 6 June 1859 Queen Victoria signed Letters Patent to form the colony of Queensland. A proclamation was read by George Bowen on 10 December 1859[13] whereupon Queensland was formally separated from New South Wales. -
80% of people of Australia were born there
Now over 80% of people in Australia were born there. The six colonies meet to draw up a set of rules about how to run Australia as a united country, independent of Britain. -
Creation of the Commonwealth
The Commonwealth of Australia comes into existence. All territories form one 'Federation' with its own Parliament. But the British monarch remains the head of the state