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James Cook Lands in Australia
James Cook's landing at Botany Bay in the HMS Endeavour. -
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Making a Nation
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New South Wales first settlement at Sydney Cove
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Van Diemen's Land first settlementat Risdon cove on the Derwent river, followed by Hobart settlement in early 1804
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Crossing of the Blue Mountains
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Queensland's Moreton Bay becomes a convict settlement
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Western Australia Swan river colony
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Victoria settlement of port Phillip colony and the foundation of Melbourne
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South Australia settlement of Adelaide founded
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Myall creek massacre in New South Wales
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Start of Australian Gold Rush
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8 Hour working day celebration
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Free Compulsory and secular education
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Henry Parkes' Tenterfield Adress
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Federation: Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed
