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Here is a very small number of major events of importance.
- 1770 - Lieutenant James Cook claims the East coast for Australia
- 1788 - First Settlement which is today Sydney
From 1788 - 1850 was a period of exploration, frontier war, and new
settlements being built.
- 1851 - Black Thursday Bushfires
- 1854 - The Eureka Rebellion was an armed conflict which is attributed to as the birth of democracy in Australia.
- 1850 - 1860 was the Great Australian Gold Rush, the colonies experienced
huge growth and Immigration.
- 1860 - 1870 is considered the 'heyday' of the Bushrangers. It is believed
that at their peak over 2000 bushrangers roamed the continent.
- 1891 - 1896 Queensland is in civil war between the armed unions against government forces. Large skirmishes, attacks on wool sheds, and naval battles take place across the colony.
- 1901 - Federation of Australia is the beginning of the Australian nation.
- 1899 - 1903 Australia fights in the Boer War.
- 1914 - 1918 Australia fights in WW1 - Major battles include Gallipoli, Beersheba.
- 1930s - The Great Depression hits Australia particularly hard.
- 1939 - 1945 Australia fights in WW2, often considered the darkest hour of the nation when the enemy was on our doorstep. Battle of Australia, Kokoda, Milne Bay.
- 1940s - 50sPost-war boom with large numbers of migrants.
- 1950 - 53 The Korean War
- 1950s - 70s Includes the Malayan Emergency, the Indonesian Confrontation, and the Vietnam War.
- 1954 - First reigning Monarch to visit Australia (Queen Elizabeth)
- 1974 - The Brisbane Floods and Cyclone Tracy
- 1975 - The Australian Constitutional Crisis
- 1990 - The Gulf War
- 1999 - East Timorese Crisis
- 1999 - Republic Referendum
- 2001 - Centenary of Federation
- 2001 - 2020? Afghanistan War
- 2003 - 2009 Iraq War
- 2003 - Bali Bombings
- 2007 - 2009 The Global Financial Crisis
- 2008 - The Apology to the Stolen Generation
- 2009 - Black Saturday
- 2010 - 2011 Queensland Floods and Cyclone Yasi
- 2011 - Occupy protests in major cities
This is just a brief summary of Australian history. I have missed a lot especially from the Colonial era and mid 20th century.
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