Sydney opera house sails

timeline of australian history by sarah

By riley
  • Aboriginals
    Nov 21, 1200

    Aboriginals

    Aboriginal tribes arrived
  • explorers

    explorers

    explorers including Janz, Torres, Harthog, Tasman and Dampier explaore the coast of australia
  • captain James Cook

    captain James Cook

    James Cook claimed australia as terra nullius and it became part of Brittan
  • first fleet

    first fleet

    first fleet arived under Auther Phillip at sydney cove
  • Mathew Flinders

    Mathew Flinders

    mathew flinders completes the first circum navigation of australia
  • tazmainian settlement begins

    tazmainian settlement begins

    a settlement in tazmainia begins
  • australia

    australia

    Australia becomes known as Australia
  • gold rush

    gold rush

    the victorian gold rush starts
  • stockade

    Eurekaa stockade
  • Ayers Rock

    Ayers Rock

    Ayers Rock is first sighted by Europeans.
  • Truganini, dies.

    Truganini, dies.

    The last full blooded Tasmanian aboriginal, Truganini, dies.
  • world wara1

    world wara1

    Australian troops fight in World War 1.
  • vegimite

    vegimite

    vegimite was first produced
  • sydney harbour bridge

    sydney harbour bridge

    Sydney Harbour Bridge opens.
  • world war 2

    world war 2

    Australian troops fight in World War 2.
  • sydney opera house

    sydney opera house

    The Sydney Opera House opens.
  • olympics

    olympics

    The Sydney Olympics held.