Timeline

By Issys

  • Melbourne founded

    Melbourne founded
    Melbourne is founded by John Batman and John Fawkner, both sons of convicts. The city of Melbourne in Australia was founded in 1835. In that year a group of Tasmanian businessmen formed the Port Phillip Association to found a settlement on Port Phillip Bay.

  • Gold Rush

    Gold Rush
    The discovery of gold in the 1850s started a series of rushes that transformed the Australian colonies. In 1851, gold-seekers from around the world began pouring into the colonies, changing the course of Australian history. The gold rushes greatly expanded Australia’s population.

  • First AFL game

    First AFL game
    The first AFL game was a match between Scotch and Melbourne Grammar schools. The rules of the game was rather harsh and cruel.

  • All students must attend school

    All students must attend school
    All children ages 6-15 had to go to school in 1872. It was compulsory and if they did not go then they had to pay huge fines. The aim was to ensure that all children would learn the three 'R's' - reading, writing and arithmetic.

  • Stolen generation

    Stolen generation
    The stolen generation was when the children of the aboriginal people where taken away by the British because they wanted them to be there culture. They made them learn there language.

  • WW1

    WW1
    In World War One was the biggest army was Australian military. This event stated in Europe. It was the First World War.

  • Vegemite was invented

    Vegemite was invented
    Vegemite was invented in Melbourne in 1922 when Australian food manufacturer Fred Walker asked chemist CP Callister to create a product similar to British Marmite.

  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression
    The Great Depression was when the people lots their father in war and they did not have money or food. People lost jobs and the soldiers died in war. The World War 2 ended it.

  • Darwin bombed

    Darwin bombed
    It was the first major attack on Australian soil.It was during the WW2. The Japanese army fired and they bombed the whole place. Only some of the people survived.

  • The aboriginal flag first flown

    The aboriginal flag first flown
    The Australian Aboriginal Flag was designed in 1971 by Aboriginal artist Harold Thomas. The flag was originally designed for the land rights movement, and it became a symbol of the Aboriginal people of Australia. The Australian Aboriginal Flag represents Aboriginal Australians. It is one of the officially proclaimed flags of Australia. The Australian Aboriginal Flag represents Aboriginal Australians. It is one of the officially proclaimed flags of Australia.