HistoryofAustraliainbrief

　　>70,000BC:AboriginesarethoughttohaveimmigratedtoAustralia

　　42,000BC:AboriginalengravingsarefoundinSouthAustraliadatingbacktothistime.

　　35,000BC:AboriginesarethoughttohavereachedTasmania.

　　2000BC:TheDingoisthefirstdomesticatedanimaltoreachAustralia.

　　1300AD:MarcoPolodiscussesangreatunexploredsouthernland.

　　1616AD:DirkHartog,aDutchexplorer,sailstoWesternAustralia.

　　!688AD:WilliamDampier,Englishexplorer,arrivesonthewestcoastofAustralia.

　　1770:CaptainJamesCooklandsonthemorehospitableeastcoastofAustraliaandclaimsitforBritain.

　　1804:HobartTownisestablishedinVanDiemensLandwhichisnowknownasTasmania.

　　1833:PortArthuropensasapenalsettlementinTasmania.

　　1851:ThegoldrushbeginsnearBathurstinNewSouthWales.

　　1853:ThelastconvictsareshippedtoTasmania.

　　1868:ThelastconvictsaretransportedtoAustralia.

　　1873:AyersRockisfirstsightedbyEuropeans.

　　1876:ThelastfullbloodedTasmanianaboriginal,Truganini,dies.

　　1901:TheCommonwealthofAustraliabecomesareality.

　　1914-1918:AustraliantroopsfightinWorldWar1.

　　1920:QANTASisformedasalocalairline.

　　1923:Vegemiteisfirstproduced.

　　1927:ThefirstFederalParliamentisheldinCanberra.

　　1932:SydneyHarbourBridgeopens.

　　1933:WesternAustraliaproducesareferendumforsecessionfromEnglandbutitisrejectedbyParliament.

　　1939-1945:AustraliantroopsfightinWorldWar2.

　　1948:ThefirstallAustraliancarisproduced-theHolden.

　　1956:MelbournehoststheOlympics.

　　1965:AustraliantroopssenttotheVietnamWar.

　　1971:NevilleBonnerbecomesthefirstAboriginaltobeaMemberofParliament.

　　1973:TheSydneyOperaHouseopens.

　　1981:Asianimmigrationincreases.

　　1983:AustraliawinstheAmerica'sCup.

　　1988:Bicentenary:ThenewParliamentHouseopensinCanberra.

　　2000:TheSydneyOlympicsheld.