IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

~ 20,000 years ago
Earliest evidence of a boomerang

1606:
Parts of Australia’s coastline are mapped by Willem Janszoon

1772:
First contact between Tasmanian Aboriginal people and Europeans

1788:
Arrival of the First Fleet

1791:
The whaling industry is established in Sydney

1792:
Indigenous warrior and Bidjigal man Pemulwuy leads resistance against colonists in Sydney

1804:
Convict uprising in New South Wales

1850
Sydney University is founded

1851:
Gold rushes begin in New South Wales and Victoria

1868:
Transportation of convicts to Australia ends

1914:
Australia joins WWI

1932:
The Great Emu War commences

1936:
Extinction of Tasmanian thylacine (also known as a Tasmanian tiger)

1959:
Construction of the Sydney Opera House begins

1970:
Australia Zoo is established by Steve Irwin’s parents