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1788
When captain author Phillip arrived at Sydney cove in 1788 he had commands to make the first British colony. -
1803-1825
Van diemands land was established as a British penal colony in 1803.It was apart of NSW until 1825,when it became a separate colony.
Well known for its harsh penal settlement,it was also the scene of fierce but futile resistance to white settlement by indigenous. -
1851
As the capital of NSW,Sydney and its incomplete Harbour became the Centre of a prosperous trading colony.Then in 1851,the discovery of GOLD at BATHURST added a further source of wealth to NSW. -
1899
Sydney the sit of the first Europiun settlement AUSTRALIAS east cost.The GOLD RUSH was responsible for a huge increase in the city's population. -
1901
As the population of Victoria outstripped that of NSW for a time,rivalry between the two capital cities of Sydney and Melbourne began to surface.Evan after NSW again emerged as the most popular state when gold discoveries in other parts of AUSTRALIA -
1905
The agricultural and mining industries provided south AUSTRALIA with a solid foundation that allowed them into better weather to economic depression of the 1890s
