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Headword Date Article Type
Administration of Van Diemen's Land separated from New South Wales 1825 T
Captain James Stirling is appointed Lieutenant- Governor of West Australia 1827 T
Census of white inhabitants of New South Wales 1828 T
Whooping cough and smallpox brought with ships 1828 T
Declaration of martial law against Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land 1828 T
Thomas Peel proposes the colonisation of Western Australia 1828 T
Western third of Australia claimed by Britain 1829 T
Swan River Colony founded 1829 T
Charles Sturt names the Murray River 1830 T
Penal settlement founded at Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land 1830 T
Western Australia becomes a separate Crown colony 1830 T
South Australia Act (South Australian Colonisation Act, Foundation Act) 1834 - 1842 T
Adelaide founded 1835 - 1836 T
Settlement at Flinders Island for remaining Tasmanian Aborigines 1835 T
Port Phillip becomes part of New South Wales 1836 T Note
Conflict between Europeans and Aborigines resulting in hundreds of deaths in New South Wales 1837 T
Convict ships arrive in Swan River Colony 1850 T
Victoria separates from New South Wales 1851 T
Britain agrees to stop convict transportation to Van Diemen's Land 1852 T
Last convict ship to Van Diemen's Land 1853 T

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