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51 articles found

Headword Date Article Type
Administration of Van Diemen's Land separated from New South Wales 1825 Topics
Captain James Stirling is appointed Lieutenant- Governor of West Australia 1827 Topics
Census of white inhabitants of New South Wales 1828 Topics
Whooping cough and smallpox brought with ships 1828 Topics
Declaration of martial law against Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land 1828 Topics
Thomas Peel proposes the colonisation of Western Australia 1828 Topics
Western third of Australia claimed by Britain 1829 Topics
Swan River Colony founded 1829 Topics
Charles Sturt names the Murray River 1830 Topics
Penal settlement founded at Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land 1830 Topics
Western Australia becomes a separate Crown colony 1830 Topics
South Australia Act (South Australian Colonisation Act, Foundation Act) 1834 - 1842 Topics
Adelaide founded 1835 - 1836 Topics
Settlement at Flinders Island for remaining Tasmanian Aborigines 1835 Topics
Port Phillip becomes part of New South Wales 1836 Topics Short note
Conflict between Europeans and Aborigines resulting in hundreds of deaths in New South Wales 1837 Topics
Convict ships arrive in Swan River Colony 1850 Topics
Victoria separates from New South Wales 1851 Topics
Britain agrees to stop convict transportation to Van Diemen's Land 1852 Topics
Last convict ship to Van Diemen's Land 1853 Topics

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