Time Line Anna et Rayan

  • 1768

    1768
    James Cook claims the Australia for the British.
  • 1788

    First colony built in Sydney Cove.
  • 1790

    First free settlers arrive for a new life in Australia
  • 1803

    New colony set up for convicts on Tasmania. Free settlers soon follows.
  • 1840

    Half the people living in Australia were born there.
  • 1850

    6 provinces or territory are "self-governing"
  • 1851

    A new province is set up - called Victoria
  • 1851

    Gold discovered in Australia - even more settlers arrive. Population now nearly half a million.
  • 1855

    Four of the five provinces of Australia granted "self-government"
  • 1859

    Queensland, the last colony to be created, comes into existence.
  • 1891

    Now over 80% of people in Australia were born there.
  • 1 Janvier 1901

    Independence of Australia.