2012/05/23

TIMELINE

An easy, "all-in-one" summary of the bit of Australian history we have covered so far. Links will take you to relevant blog entries.

Feb 2009 - "Black Saturday" - the worst bushfire in Oz history
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2008 - Kevin Rudd apologises
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2000 - Sydney Olympic Games
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1992 - Native Title Act (Aboriginal Australians reclaim their sacred lands)
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1970s-80s - boom of independent cinema ("Ocker" films)
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1976/78 - battle between two iconic cars: Ford XB Falcon vs. Holden Commodore
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1974 - Cyclone "Tracy" destroys Darwin and claims many lives
T_Tracy & Yassi
1973 - Sydney Opera House
T_Sydeny Opera House
1967 - referendum grants Aboriginal Australians electoral representation
T_Civil rights fo Aborigenes
1966 - The Battle of Long Tan (most significant battle ANZAC were involved in Vietnam)
T_Long Tan 4
1950s - Cultivated pearls industry starts in Broome
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1948 - The Shool of the Air broadcasts first lesson
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1942 - Darwin bombings (WWII) - the largest military attack against Australia ever
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1936 - last Tasmanian Tiger dies in Hobart Zoo
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1929 - 1933 - Great Depression
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1928 - beginning of Royal Flying Doctor Service
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1915 - The Battle of Gallipoli (WWI) - the birth of ANZAC identity and "Aussie voice"
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1869 - 1969 - "Stolen Generations"
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1913 - construction of Canberra commenced, it becomes actual capital city of Australia
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1907 - Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club becomest world's first surf lifesaving service
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1901 - 1907 - No 1 Rabbit Proof Fence finished to protect WA pastures against rabits
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1st January 1901 - FEDERATION: The Commonwealth of Australia is founded
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1880 - Ned Kelly executed at Melbourne Gaol
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1879 - Royal National Park founded (world's second oldest national park, after Yellowstone)
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1859 - 10 Rules of Australian Footbal (AFL) first written down
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1854 - Eureka Stockade (Australia's only revolution)
T_Eureka Flag
1851 - Gold Rush in New South Wales
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1840 - Edmund Strzelecki explores Snowy Mountains and names Mount Kosciszko
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1814 - Matthew Flinders first introduces the name of the continent - Australia
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1793 - first free settlers arrive
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1788 - 1850 - total of 162,000 convicts were transported to Australia on 806 ships
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1788 - First Fleet arrives at Bottany Bay and establishes first settlement in Port Jackson
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1770 - James Cook lands at Bottany Bay and claims the "new land" for the British Crown
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17th century - European exploration
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1606 - Dutch merchant Willem Jans lands at Cape York
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1300 - explorer Marco Polo describes "Southern Land"
T_Marco Polo
Time of Creation - Dream Time: Aboriginal ancestral Totemic Spirit Beings form the land
T_Dream Time
60,000 - 40,000 BC - Aboriginal tribes colonise the continent of Australia
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