TIMELINE OF AUSTRALIA

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  • The first European settlement arrives in Sydney Cove consisting of 750 convicts

  • The first penal settlement is established in Botany Bay

  • Arthur Phillip became the first governor of New South Wales

  • First European settlement in Hobart

  • First European settlement at Brisbane River

  • Tasmania became an independant colony from New South Wales

  • First European settlement is establidhed at the Swan River Western Australia

  • First European settlement established at Port Phillip Bay, Victoria

  • First European settlement established at The Old Gum Tree, South Australia

  • South Australia became an independant colony

  • Western Australia became a penal colony

  • Victoria became an independant colony

  • Self government in Victoria

  • Self government begins in Tasmania

  • Self government in South Australia

  • Queensland became an independant colony from New South Wales

  • Self government in Queensland begins

  • Self government begins in Western Australia