yr9 Australian History

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  • Period: to

    Settlement of Australia

  • First British Settlement

    Arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove

  • Blue Mountains

    Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson completed the first known crossing of the Blue Mountains By Europeans

  • 1825

    Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) Became a separate colony

  • 1829

    The Swan River Settlement began in Western Australia.

  • 1836

    The colony of South Australia was Proclaimed.

  • 1851

    Victoria Became a separate colony. The start of the gold rush.

  • 1856

    The eight-hour day was established.

  • 1859

    Queensland became a separate colony.

  • Call For Federation 1889

    In an address at Tenterfield, New South, Wales, Henry Parkes called for federation.

  • Women's Rights 1895

    South Australia granted women the right to vote.

  • Commonwealth 1901

    The federation of the Australian colonies to create the Commonwealth of Australia. The Immigration Restriction Act 1901.

  • Voting 1902

    The right to vote was granted to most men and and women over the age of 21.

  • 1904

    The Conciliation and Arbitration Court was established

  • 1907

    The Harvest Judgement defined the concept of the basic wage.

  • 1914

    AUGUST The outbreak of the First World War.