Name the year
The first Aborigines arrive from south-east Asia.
38000 BC.
Hobart is founded
1804
Western Australia becomes a penal colony
1850
Last shipment of convicts to Australia
1868
The federal government in Canberra is established
1927
Dingos appear in Australia
3000 BC
Violent conflicts and killing of Aborigines
1824
The colony of Victoria is established
1851
Uluru is sighted by Europeans for the first time
1873
Australia joins Great Britain in World War II on September 3.
1939
The first English convicts arrive.
1787
All of Australia is claimed British territory
1829
The beginning of the Australian gold rushes
1851
Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
1883
1972
The colony of New South Wales is founded.
1788
Perth is founded
1830
Naming of Tasmania
1853
The Commonwealth of Australia
1901
Sydney Opera House opens
1973
Coal is discovered
1791
Adelaide is founded
1836
The writer Henry Lawson is born
1867
Arrival of Australian and New Zealand troops at Gallipoli
1915
The Sydney Oplympics are held
2000