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The industrial revolution begun
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James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny
Which allowed one worker to spin eight spindles. -
Cook’s first Pacific voyage begins
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Cook’s first Pacific voyage ends
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First Fleet left Portsmouth
The 11 ships left Portsmouth under command of Captain Arthur Phillip. -
The fleet arrived in Botany Bay
The landing Party was not impressed with the site and moved the fleet -
They settled in Sydney Cove
The fleet was moved to Port Jackson and settled in Sydney Cove -
Britain begins to colonise Australia
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Period: to
French Revolution
1789-1792 -
A smallpox epidemic kills 2000 Aboriginal Australia
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Land auctions begin to replace free land grants
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Gold is discovered in New South Wales and Victoria
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Victoria restricts immigration of Chinese people
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Men gain the vote in South Australia
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Selector Acts are passed in Australia Colonies
In the 1860s -
Women gain the vote in South Australia
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Australia's states are joined in a federation
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Period: to
World War 1
