` European explorers visit the West, North and Southern coasts of Australia. Cook “discovers” East coast and claims it for the British Crown. Ep 19: Platypus Controversy Ep 57: The Macarthurs and the Wool industry Ep 43: Wreck of the Sydney Cove George Bass and Matthew Flinders “discover” Bass Strait proving Van Diemen’s Land an island. Ep 28: The Dingo Fence Matthew Flinders completed the first circumnavigation of the continent. Ep 62: Escaped convict William Buckley lives amongst the Wathawurrung people for over 30 years. Eps 52-55: Governor Bligh & the Rum Rebellion Inland exploration begins. Eps 26-27: The Cascades Female Factory, Hobart, was opened in 1828 to house and manage the female convicts that came to Van Diemen’s Land. Eps 26-27: Cascades Female Factory for women convicts opens in Hobart. Eps 48-49: Convict mutineers take the Cyprus The penal settlement of Port Arthur was founded in Van Diemen’s Land. Settlement at Port Phillip, now Melbourne. Ep 37. Lady Jane Franklin, wife of Van Diemens Land Governor John Franklin, explores Tasmanian wilderness. Victoria separated from New South Wales. Ep 29. Victorian gold rush started. Eps 29-32: The Eureka Stockade Van Diemen’s Land name changed to Tasmania. Ep 51: Australian rules football codified. The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition set out. Skiing introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra. The Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide completed. Eps 2-18: Ned Kelly & the “Kelly Outbreak”, North Eastern Victoria. See Episode 2: Kelly Story Overview. Eps 44-47: Henry Lawson – Bush poet & writer Eps 35-36: Jandamarra resists the takeover of Bunuba lands in the Kimberly in the 1880s. The first Test match between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Australian Federation Conference called a constitutional convention. 26 April – Banjo Paterson published “The Man from Snowy River” Eps 21-25: Douglas Mawson: “The Heroic Age of Exploration” Australia becomes a federation. Eps 21-25: Douglas Mawson undertakes the Australasian Antarctic Expedition Great Ocean Road Memorial Ep 34: The Emu War Ep 20: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Ep 50: WW2 Salvage Operation: Niagara gold Eps 38-42: Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme (1947-1974) begins construction
Pre-colonial Australia ~ 65,000 bc era
1600’s
1770
1780s
1790 –
1797
1798
1800 –
1803
William Buckley & the Wathawurrung 1803
1808
1810 Onwards
1823 – Alexander Pearce escapes Macquarie Harbour
1803-1856
1828
1824
1833
1835
1836
1851
1854
1856
1859
1861
1872
1878-80
1880
1873
1887
1890
1897–1922
1901
1911
1918
1932
1932
1941
1947
