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Prehistory

Before 1788

1788-1850

1851-1900

1901-1945

Since 1945

Timeline

This is a timeline of Australian history. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The written history of Australia began when Dutch explorers first sighted the country in the 17th century. ... The prehistory of Australia is the period between the first human habitation of the Australian continent and the first definitive sighting of Australia by Europeans in 1606, which may be taken as the beginning of the recent history of Australia. ... The first definite sighting of Australia by European explorers was in 1606. ... // Following the loss of the American Colonies, Britain needed to find alternative destinations that could take the population of its overcrowded prisons. ... The history of Australia from 1851 - 1900 continues Australias colonial history, the discovery of gold in 1851 which led to increased economic and political independence from Britain and a great debate about federation. ... The history of Australia from 1901 - 1945 begins with the federation of the colonies to create the Commonwealth of Australia. ... The history of Australia since 1945 has seen a move away from Britain in political, social and cultural terms to engagement with the United States and Asia. ...

BC

• c. 68,000 BC-40,000 BC: Aboriginal tribes thought to have arrived in Australia.

BC may stand for: Before Christ (see Anno Domini) : an abbreviation used to refer to a year before the beginning of the year count that starts with the supposed year of the birth of Jesus. ... Indigenous peoples are: Peoples living in an area prior to colonization by a state Peoples living in an area within a nation-state, prior to the formation of a nation-state, but who do not identify with the dominant nation. ...

1600s

• 1606 (March): The Duke of York's ship Duyfken, under Captain Willem Janszoon, explores the western coast of Cape York Peninsula. The first recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil.
• 1606 (August): Portuguese seaman Luis Vaez de Torres sails through the Torres Strait, between Australia and New Guinea, along the latter's southern coast. He may well have sighted the northernmost extremity of Australia, although this is not recorded. Torres reported 'shoals', some of which may have been the northernmost atolls of the Great Barrier Reef. The name 'Coste Dangereuse', for the tropical Queensland coast, appears on French charts.
• 1616: Dutch captain Dirk Hartog in the Eendracht makes the second recorded landfall by a European, at Dirk Hartog Island on the western coast of Australia. Leaves behind the Hartog plate.
• 1623: Dutch captain Jan Carstensz navigates the Gulf of Carpentaria aboard the Pera and Arnhem. The Arnhem crosses the Gulf to reach and name Groote Eylandt.
• 1642: Dutch explorer Abel Tasman explores the west coast of Tasmania, lands on its east coast and names the island Anthoonij van Diemenslandt.
• 1688: English explorer William Dampier explores the west coasts of Australia.
• 1696: Flemish explorer Willem de Vlamingh charts the southwestern coast of Australia, making landfall at Rottnest Island and the site of the present-day city of Perth.

Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill Premier Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near... Duyfken Duyfken (little dove in English) was a small Dutch ship that sailed from the Indonesian island of Banda in 1606 in search of gold and trade opportunities on Nova Guinea (now Papua New Guinea). ... Willem Janszoon (c. ... This article is about the peninsula located in the Australian state of Queensland; it should not be confused with either Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, or Cape York, Greenland. ... Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill Premier Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near... Luiz Váez de Torres, Portuguese seaman, remembered chiefly because the Torres Strait separating Australia from Papua New Guinea is named for him. ... Torres Strait and islands The Torres Strait - Cape York Peninsula is at the bottom; several of the Torres Strait Islands can be seen strung out towards Papua New Guinea to the north. ... Year 1616 (MDCXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Dirk Hartog (1580—1621) was a 17th century Dutch sea captain and explorer, whose expedition was the second European group to land on Australian soil. ... The Eendracht was an early 17th Century Dutch ship, launched in 1615 in the service of the Dutch East India Company. ... Dirk Hartogs plate in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Dirk Hartog Island, an island off the coast of Western Australia, was discovered in October 1616 by the Dutch sea captain Dirk Hartog, who was blown off course while sailing from Cape Town to Batavia (Jakarta). ... Dirk Hartogs plate in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Hartog Plate or Dirk Hartogs Plate is either of two plates, although primarily the first, which were left on Dirk Hartog Island during a period of European exploration of the western coast of Australia prior to European settlement there. ... Year 1623 (MDCXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Jan Carstenszoon (also known by the abbreviation of his patronym Carstensz or Carstensz. ... The Gulf of Carpentaria from a 1859 Dutch map The Gulf of Carpentaria The Gulf of Carpentaria is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the Arafura Sea (the body of water that lies between Australia and Indonesia). ... Groote Eylandt from space, November 1989 Groote Eylandt is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northeastern Australia and is the homeland of and is owned by, the Anindilyakwa people, spoken isolated Anindilyakwa language. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... Portrait of Tasman Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 - October 10, 1659), was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant. ... Slogan or Nickname: Island of Inspiration; The Apple Isle; Holiday Isle Motto(s): Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Constitutional monarchy Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 5  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product... 1663 map of Van Diemens Land, showing the parts discovered by Tasman, including Storm Bay, Maria Island and Schouten Island. ... Year 1688 (MDCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... William Dampier, pirate, navigator and explorer William Dampier (baptised 5 September 1651 – died March 1715) was an English buccaneer, sea captain, author and scientific observer. ... The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ... Willem de Vlamingh Willem de Vlamingh (born 28 November 1640, Vlieland - around 1698) was a Dutch sea-captain who explored the southwest coast of Australia (then New Holland) in the late 17th century. ... Rottnest Island from space The Basin and Bathurst Lighthouse Rottnest Island ( ) is located 19 km off the coast of Western Australia, near Fremantle. ... Location of Perth within Australia This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ...

1700s

• 1770: English Lieutenant James Cook's expedition in HM Bark Endeavour charts the eastern coast, and claims it for the British Crown.
• 1788: The First Fleet from England under Arthur Phillip arrives in Australia and founds first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney Cove (Sydney). New South Wales, according to Arthur Phillip's amended Commission dated 25 April 1787, includes "all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean" and running westward to the 135th meridian. These islands included the current islands of New Zealand, which was administered as part of New South Wales.
• 1788: An English settlement is founded at Norfolk Island.
• 1792: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Espérance, anchor in what was named Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia.
• 1797: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia

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1800s

• 1803: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent.
• 1804: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Australia by Lieutenant Bowen.
• 1804: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill
• 1804: The settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove in Van Diemen's Land (now Hobart in Tasmania) by Colonel David Collins.
• 1808: The Rum Rebellion
• 1813: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.
• Matthew Flinders calls New South Wales (Australia's old name) Australia
• 1817: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River.
• 1817: Australia's first bank the Bank of New South Wales opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney. (Became Westpac in 1982)
• 1818: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
• 1824: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane.
• 1824: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed.
• 1825 New South Wales western border is extended to 129° E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
• 1828: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
• 1829: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
• 1830: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
• 1831: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
• 1832 Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
• 1833: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Dieman's Land.
• 1835: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne.
• 1836: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132° E.
• 1841 New Zealand is proclaimed and is no longer under New South Wales.
• 1842: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
• 1845: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster with 406 lives lost.
• 1845: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia.
• 1850: Western Australia becomes a penal colony.
• 1850: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded.
• 1851: Victoria separates from New South Wales.
• 1851: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat.
• 1851: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine
• 1853: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
• 1854: The Eureka Stockade
• 1855: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases.
• 1856 Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
• 1857:Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together.
• 1858: Sydney and Melbourne linked by Electric Telegraph.
• 1859: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.
• 1859: Australian football rules codified, Melbourne Football Club founded
• 1859: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141° E.
• 1860: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132° E to 129° E.
• 1861: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.
• 1862: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139° E.
• 1863: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
• 1867: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
• 1868: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
• 1872: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
• 1873: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
• 1875: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.
• 1879: The first congress of trade unions is held.
• 1880: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
• 1880: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
• 1883: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
• 1883: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
• 1887: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating Britain in the first Ashes series.
• 1889: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
• 1889: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.
• 1890: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
• 1891: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name "the Commonwealth of Australia" and drafting a constitution.
• 1891: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted.
• 1891: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status
• 1891: A severe depression hits Australia
• 1892: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
• 1893: The Corowa Conference (the "people's convention") calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony.
• 1895: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals.
• 1895: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland
• 1895: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River
• 1896: The Bathurst Conference (the second "people's convention") meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
• 1897: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year.
• 1898: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people.
• 1898: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes "yes" in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join.
• 1899: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney.
• 1899: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world.

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Slogan or Nickname: Island of Inspiration; The Apple Isle; Holiday Isle Motto(s): Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Constitutional monarchy Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 5  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product... David Collins David Collins (March 3, 1754 – March 24, 1810) was the inaugural Governor of the Colony of Van Diemens Land, founded in 1804, which in 1901 became the state of Tasmania in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... See also: 1807 in Australia, other events of 1808, 1809 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... This article is about the Australian rebellion. ... See also: 1812 in Australia, other events of 1813, 1814 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... 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Captain Charles Napier Sturt (28 April 1795 – 16 June 1869) was an English explorer of Australia, part of the European Exploration of Australia. ... The Darling River is the longest river in Australia, flowing 2,739km from northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray River at Wentworth, New South Wales. ... Events May 2 - After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declared the Swan River Colony in Australia. ... Location of Perth within Australia This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ... Swan River Colony was a British settlement established at the Swan River on the west coast of Australia in 1829. ... Admiral Sir Charles Howe Fremantle (June 1, 1800 _ May 25, 1869) was a Captain of the British Royal Navy. ... See also: 1829 in Australia, other events of 1830, 1831 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... Goolwa (35°30′ S 138°46′ E, population approx 2400) is an historic river port on the River Murray near the Murray Mouth in South Australia, and joined by a bridge to Hindmarsh Island. ... For other uses, see Murray River (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... See also: 1831 in Australia, other events of 1832, 1833 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... Swan River Colony was a British settlement established at the Swan River on the west coast of Australia in 1829. ... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2005-06)  - Product ($m)  $107,910 (4th)  - Product per capita  $53,134/person... 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For the song, see South Australia (song). ... A proclamation (Lat. ... See also: 1840 in Australia, other events of 1841, 1842 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... NSW redirects here. ... See also: 1841 in Australia, other events of 1842, 1843 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... For other uses, see Copper (disambiguation). ... Kapunda ( ) is a town in South Australia, established when copper was discovered there in 1843. ... For the song, see South Australia (song). ... See also: 1844 in Australia, other events of 1845, 1846 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... The wreck of the barque Cataraqui was Australias worst civil disaster costing 400 lives. ... Categories: Australia geography stubs | Islands of Australia ... Map of Australia with Bass Strait marked in light blue Bass Strait (IPA: ) is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland (Victoria in particular). ... See also: 1844 in Australia, other events of 1845, 1846 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... For other uses, see Copper (disambiguation). ... Burra is a pastoral centre and historic tourist town in the mid-north of South Australia. ... For the song, see South Australia (song). ... See also: 1849 in Australia, other events of 1850, 1851 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2005-06)  - Product ($m)  $107,910 (4th)  - Product per capita  $53,134/person... The University of Sydney, established in Sydney in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia. ... See also: 1850 in Australia, other events of 1851, 1852 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... NSW redirects here. ... Nerrena Fossickers in Nerrena Creek outside Ballarat The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria in Australia between approximately 1851 and the late 1860s. ... Ballarat is a city in regional Victoria, Australia, approximately 120 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, with a population of 84,000 people. ... See also: 1850 in Australia, other events of 1851, 1852 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... One of the social effects of the gold rushes in the colony of Victoria (Australia) in the period 1851-54 was the growing demand for political representation and reasonable limits to taxation. ... Castlemaine (IPA: /ˈkæsəlmæɪn/; note the Flat A rather than a Broad A) is a town in Victoria, Australia, in the Midlands region about 120 kilometres northwest by road from Melbourne, and about 40 kilometres from the major provincial centre of Bendigo. ... See also: 1850 in Australia, 1851 in Australia, 1852 in Australia, 1853 in Australia, other events of 1853, 1854 in Australia, and the Timeline of Australian history. ... The Bendigo Petition was an attempt by miners in the colony of Victoria to demand political representation and reasonable limits to taxation from Governor La Trobe, a representative of the British Government. ... The Anti-Gold Licence Association was formed in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia on 6 June 1853. ... For the electoral division in the Australian House of Representatives, see Division of Bendigo. ... See also: 1853 in Australia, other events of 1854, 1855 in Australia, and the Timeline of Australian history. ... The Eureka Flag The Eureka Stockade was the setting of a gold miners revolt in 1854 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, against the officials supervising the mining of gold in the region. ... See also: 1854 in Australia, other events of 1855, 1856 in Australia, and the Timeline of Australian history. ... 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See also: 1860 in Australia, other events of 1861, 1862 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... The route Burke & Wills took north (red) and south (dark blue) Robert OHara Burke William John Wills Artists depiction of Burkes death In 1860-61, Robert OHara Burke and William John Wills were sent on an expedition to cross Australia from south to north. ... See also: 1861 in Australia, other events of 1861, 1863 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... Port Darwin redirects here. ... For other uses, see Queensland (disambiguation). ... See also: 1862 in Australia, other events of 1863, 1864 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... For the song, see South Australia (song). ... 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1900s

• 1900 - Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution.
• 1900 - The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent
• 1901 - Australia becomes a federation on January 1. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; Lord Hopetoun becomes Governor-General
• 1901 - The first parliament meets in Parliament House, Melbourne
• 1901- Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy
• 1902 - The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people.
• 1902 - Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered
• 1903 - The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice.
• 1903 - The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army
• 1903 - Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister
• 1904 - A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital
• 1904 - Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
• 1906 - Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
• 1908 - Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country
• 1908 - The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
• 1909 - The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.

See also: 1899 in Australia, other events in 1900, 1901 in Australia, Timeline of Australian history. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Type Bicameral Houses House of Commons House of Lords Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin MP Speaker of the House of Lords Hélène Hayman, PC Members 1377 (646 Commons, 731 Peers) Political groups Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Plaid Cymru Democratic Unionist... The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (in full, An Act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia) is the primary constitutional text of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... See also: 1900 in Australia, other events of 1901, 1902 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, QC (18 January 1849 – 7 January 1920), Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia. ... The Prime Minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. ... The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. ... Parliament House, Melbourne Parliament House, Melbourne, has been the seat of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia, since 1855, except for the years 1901 to 1928, when it was occupied by the Parliament of Australia. ... See also: 1901 in Australia, other events of 1902, 1903 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... The Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 was an Act of the Parliament of Australia which defined who was allowed to vote in Australian federal elections. ... Languages Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religions Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including Islam and various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group... Harry Breaker Harbord Morant For the film of the same name, see Breaker Morant (film) Harry Breaker Harbord Morant (1864– 27 February 1902) was an Anglo-Australian drover, horseman, poet, and soldier whose renowned skill with horses earned him the nickname The Breaker. Articulate, intelligent, and well-educated, he was... See also: 1902 in Australia, other events of 1903, 1904 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... High Court entrance The High Court of Australia is the final court of appeal in Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy. ... Sir Samuel Griffith Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (June 21, 1845 - August 9, 1920), Australian politician and judge, was the principal author of the Constitution of Australia. ... The Chief Justice of Australia is the senior justice of the High Court of Australia and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... The Australian Army is Australias military land force. ... Alfred William Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919), Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister of Australia. ... See also: 1903 in Australia, other events of 1904, 1905 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... Dalgety, NSW, Australia is located on the Banks of the Snowy River between Melbourne and Sydney. ... For other uses, see Chris Watson (musician). ... See also: 1905 in Australia, other events of 1906, 1907 in Australia, Timeline of Australian history. ... See also: 1907 in Australia, Other events of 1908, 1909 in Australia, Timeline of Australian history. ... Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar OBE, (July 1, 1885-January 14, 1968), was an Australian poet and fiction writer. ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ... See also: 1908 in Australia, other events of 1909, 1910 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ...

1910s

• 1910 - Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
• 1911 - The Royal Australian Navy is founded
• 1911 - The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia
• 1911 - The first national census is conducted.
• 1911 – Australian Capital Territory proclaimed.
• 1912 - Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time
• 1912 - Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra
• 1913 - The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
• 1914 - Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought for Australia, as opposed to Britain.
• 1915 - Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey
• 1915 - Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory.
• 1915 - Surfing is first introduced to Australia
• 1916 - Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the "six o'clock swill"
• 1916 - The Returned Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League is founded
• 1916 - The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected
• 1917 - Second referendum on conscription is rejected
• 1918 - First World War ends

See also: 1909 in Australia, other events of 1910, 1911 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... See also: 1910 in Australia, other events of 1911, 1912 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. ... For similar terms, see Northern Territories (disambiguation) Slogan or Nickname: The Territory, The NT, The Top End Motto(s): none Other Australian states and territories Capital Darwin Government Constitutional monarchy Administrator Ted Egan Chief Minister Clare Martin (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 2  - Senate seats 2 Gross Territorial Product (2004... For the song, see South Australia (song). ... Capital Canberra Government Constitutional monarchy Administrator none Chief Minister Jon Stanhope (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 2  - Senate seats 2 Gross Territorial Product (2006)  - Product ($m)  $19,167 (6th)  - Product per capita  $57,303/person (1st) Population (End of November 2006)  - Population  333,667 (7th)  - Density  137. ... See also: 1911 in Australia, other events of 1912, 1913 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Walter Burley Griffin and his wife Marion Mahony Griffin, in Sydney in 1930 Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876 - February 11, 1937) was an American architect and landscape architect best known for his role in designing Canberra, Australias capital city. ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ... See also: 1912 in Australia, other events of 1913, 1914 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... See also: 1913 in Australia, other events of 1914, 1915 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... See also: 1915 in Australia, other events of 1916, 1917 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... For other uses, see Gallipoli (disambiguation). ... See also: 1915 in Australia, other events of 1916, 1917 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... For other uses, see Surfing (disambiguation). ... See also: 1915 in Australia, other events of 1916, 1917 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... The Six Oclock Swill was the last-minute rush to buy drinks at a hotel bar before it closed. ... RSL National HQ, on Constitution Ave, Canberra, nearest the Australian Defence Force Russell Offices HQ The Returned and Services League of Australia (often abbreviated to RSL) is a support organisation for men and women who have served or are serving in the Australian Defence Force. ... For other persons named Billy Hughes, see Billy Hughes (disambiguation). ... See also: 1916 in Australia, other events of 1917, 1918 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ...

1920s

• 1920 - The airline Qantas is founded
• 1921 - Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
• 1922 - The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
• 1923 - Vegemite is first produced
• 1926 - The first Miss Australia contest is held
• 1927 - The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
• 1928 - Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia
• 1929 - Western Australia celebrates its centenary
• 1929 - Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.

See also: 1919 in Australia, other events of 1920, 1921 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... Qantas Airways Limited (IPA: ) is the national airline of Australia. ... See also: 1920 in Australia, other events of 1921, 1922 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... Edith Cowan in the 1920s Edith Dircksey Cowan, OBE (August 2, 1861 - June 9, 1932) was an Australian politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected as a representative in an Australian parliament. ... See also: 1921 in Australia, other events of 1922, 1923 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... The Smith Familyis an Australian charity that supports disadvantaged children and their families. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... See also: 1922 in Australia, other events of 1923, 1924 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... Vegemite on toast. ... See also: 1925 in Australia, other events of 1926, 1927 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... Miss Australia is the title for the winner of the Miss Australia Quest/Awards, which ran from 1954 until 2000, when the last Miss Australia was named. ... See also: 1926 in Australia, other events of 1927, 1928 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ... See also: 1927 in Australia, other events of 1928, 1929 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... Hinkler and his Avro Avian Herbert Hinkler AFC DSM (8 December 1892 – 8 January 1933) - better known as Bert Hinkler, was a pioneer Australian aviator. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... Air Commodore Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC, AFC (February 9, 1897 - November 8, 1935), often called Charles Kingsford Smith, or by his nickname Smithy, was a well-known early Australian aviator. ... See also: 1928 in Australia, other events of 1928, 1929 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... See also: 1928 in Australia, other events of 1928, 1929 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... James Henry Scullin (September 18, 1876 – January 28, 1953), Australian Labor politician and ninth Prime Minister of Australia. ... In 1931, over 1000 unemployed men marched from the Esplanade to the Treasury Building in Perth, Western Australia to see Premier Sir James Mitchell. ...

1930s

• 1930 - Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings
• 1930 - Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
• 1931 - Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
• 1932 - The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens
• 1932 - the Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister
• 1933 - Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
• 1936 - The last Thylacine dies
• 1937 - The radio series Dad and Dave begins
• 1938 - Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games
• 1939 - Australia enters the Second World War
• 1939 - The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway
• 1939 - Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires
• 1939 - Lyons dies in office and is succeeded by Robert Menzies

See also: 1929 in Australia, other events of 1930, 1931 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... Sir Donald George Bradman (August 27, 1908 - February 25, 2001) was an Australian cricket player who is universally regarded as the greatest batsman of all time, and one of Australias greatest popular heroes. ... This article is about the sport. ... For the computer software, see: Phar Lap (company). ... The Melbourne Cup is Australias major annual thoroughbred horse race. ... See also: 1930 in Australia, other events of 1931, 1932 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... “Mawson” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Antarctica (disambiguation). ... See also: 1931 in Australia, other events of 1932, 1933 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore. ... Joseph Aloysius Lyons (15 September 1879 – 7 April 1939), Australian politician, tenth Prime Minister of Australia. ... See also: 1932 in Australia, other events of 1933, 1934 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2005-06)  - Product ($m)  $107,910 (4th)  - Product per capita  $53,134/person... See also: 1935 in Australia, other events of 1936, 1937 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... Binomial name (Harris, 1808) The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus, pronounced ) was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. ... See also: 1936 in Australia, other events of 1937, 1938 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... See also: 1937 in Australia, other events of 1938, 1939 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... Current flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation Locations of the games, and participating countries The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. ... Current flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation Locations of the games, and participating countries Commonwealth Games Federation seal, adopted in 2001 The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. ... See also: 1938 in Australia, other events of 1939, 1940 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... Australia entered World War II shortly after the invasion of Poland. ... The CAC Wirraway was a World War II training and general purpose military aircraft manufactured in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) between 1939 and 1946. ... beutifle noghmare is the best band In the days preceding the fires, Melbourne experienced some of its hottest temperatures on record: 43. ... Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, FRS, QC (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia, serving eighteen and a half years. ...

1940s

• 1940 - A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin
• 1941 - Labor comes to power under John Curtin
• 1942-43 - Japanese planes make almost 100 attacks against sites in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland. (See also: Japanese air attacks on Australia, 1942-43)
• 1942 - National daylight saving is introduced as a war time measure.
• 1942 - The UK Statute of Westminster is formally adopted by Australia. The Statute formally grants Australia (along with New Zealand, South Africa, and the Irish Free State) the right to pass laws that conflict with UK laws.
• 1943 - Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer being honoured for his coverage of the war
• 1944 - The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians
• 1945 - Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations
• 1945 - The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is held for the first time
• 1945 - Curtin dies in office and is succeeded by Ben Chifley
• 1946 - Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme
• 1946 - An Australian, Norman Makin, is voted in as the first President of the United Nations Security Council.
• 1948 - Australian Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly.
• 1948 - Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• 1949 - Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins
• 1949 - Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania are also given the right to vote in Federal Elections.
• 1949 - The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements.
• 1949 - Menzies returns to power as leader of the new Liberal Party

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