This post is a basic timeline of Australia. There are 15 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia
- Aboriginal Australians arrive (65,000 - 50,000 years ago)
- Torres Strait Islanders arrive (2,500 years ago)
- Willem Janszoon and Netherlands arrive (1606)
- Abel Tasman discovers Tasmania (1642)
- British First Fleet arrive (1788)
- Australian frontier wars (1788-1934)
- British Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)
- British South Australian Company (1835-1949)
- Australian gold rushes (1851-1914)
- Constitution of Australia (1900)
- Britain recognizes Australian independence (1926)
- Sydney-Kormoran battle (1941)
- New Guinea campaign (1942-1945)
- Battle of Buna-Gona (1942-1943)
- Aboriginal Land Rights Act (1976)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Australia at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Australia.)
