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Cooks expedition to the east coast
Captain Cook discovered Australia and immediately claimed it for Britain so that the French could not claim it for themselves -
Arrival of the Frist fleet
Captain Cook brought the first fleet to Australia, which mostly consisted of convicts -
Western Australia Colony
The colony of Western Australia was established in 1836 by Captain James Stirling -
South Australia
South Australia was established with Adelaide as its capital -
Gold Rushes
People found gold around New South Wales and neighbouring state Victoria -
Eureka Stockade
Miners in the town of Ballarat were unhappy with the way the government administrated goldfields so they set up a stockade near the Eureka Diggings -
First Test Cricket match between England and Australia was played in Melbourne
The first-ever match of test cricket between Australia and England was played in Melbourne -
Ned Kelly Standoff with Police
Police arrested Australian icon Ned Kelly after a siege at the Glenrowan Inn. The other members of the Kelly Gang Dan Kelly, Joseph Byrne and Steve Hart were killed in the siege. Although they were killed they wore thick steel armour that protected them from shots from a rifle and this is where they used this armour to make the police think they were hittable. -
Federation
Austalia became its own country, it was united and no longer considered a British colony -
The capital city of Australia
NSW and Victoria could not decide where the capital should be held, so the ACT was made between them as the capital city -
New state of Canberra
The state of Canberra was created to be the capital city of Australia in 1911 -
Australia Joined WW1
Australia joined WW1 after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
