| In the early 19th
cent. the colony of New South Wales included Tasmania,
South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, the Northern Territory,
and New Zealand. These territories were separated and made
colonies in their own right between 1825 and 1863. |
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Geography |
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1911-
Most of the territory consists of an area formerly known
as Yass-Canberra, which was ceded to the commonwealth
by New South Wales.
1915 - New South Wales additionally
ceded Jervis Bay, providing a potential port for Canberra.
1938 - name change from Federal
Capital Territory to Australian Capital Territory.
1988 - ACT territory gained
self-government with its own unicameral parliament, and
Jervis Bay was separated from the territory. |
Australian Capital Territory: SE Australia, an enclave within New South Wales, containing
Canberra, capital of Australia.
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1770 - explored by
Capt. James Cook, who proclaimed British sovereignty over
the east coast of Australia.
1788 - Sydney, the
first Australian settlement, was founded as a prison farm.
1820's and 30's - The character of New South Wales changed as the
wool industry grew and the importation of convicts ceased.
btwn. 1825 -1863 - The territories
of Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, the
Northern Territory, and New Zealand. were separated from
NSW and made colonies in their own right.
1901 -The Australian Capital
Territory (site of Canberra, the federal capital), an
enclave in New South Wales, was ceded to the commonwealth. |
New
South Wales: bounded on the east by the Pacific
Ocean.
Sydney is the
capital.
In the early 19th century the colony included Tasmania,
South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, the Northern Territory,
and New Zealand. These territories were separated and
made colonies in their own right between 1825-1863. |
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1824 - Northern Territory's
first settlement was established at Port Essington in
an attempt to forestall French colonization. The settlement
failed.
1869 - Permanent settlement
of NT resumed.
from 1825 to 1863 - NT was part of New South Wales.
1863 to 1911 - NT was part
of South Australia.
1911 - Nt transferred
to direct rule by the commonwealth.
1926 - NT was divided into
two territories.
1931 - NT was reunited as
one territory. |
Northern
Territory: territory in north central Australia.
It is bounded on the north by the Timor Sea, the Arafura
Sea, and the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Darwin is the territorial
capital. |
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1770-Capt. James Cook
explored the coast of Queensland (then called Moreton
Bay).
1824 to 1843 - Queensland
served as a penal colony under the authority of New South
Wales.
1859 - The area was separated
from New South Wales and made a British colony.
1901 - Queensland
was federated as a state of the Commonwealth of Australia |
Queensland: state in
NE Australia.
Brisbane is the capital The
state comprises the entire northeastern part of the Australian
continent, with the major part of its coastline sheltered
by the Great Barrier Reef. |
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1627 - South Australia's
coastal areas were visited by the Dutch.
1802 - British explorer Matthew
Flinders noted likely settlement sites.
1834 - Prompted by the writings
of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a British colonial statesman,
the English Parliament passed the South Australian Colonization
Act.
Dec. 1836 -
, the first colonists arrived and proclaimed South Australia
a colony. In South Australia, unlike most of Australia,
convicts were not admitted as settlers.
1901 - South Australia was
federated as a state of the commonwealth.
1911 - Northern Territory,
which had been included in the state in 1863, was transferred
to the commonwealth government. |
South
Australia: state in south central Australia. bounded
on the south by the Indian Ocean. Kangaroo Island and
many smaller islands off the south coast are included
in the state.
Adelaide is the capital.
Much of South Australia is wasteland-deserts, mountains,
salt lakes, and swampland. |
Tasmania |
1642 - The island was explored
in by the Dutch navigator Abel Tasman, who named it Van
Diemen's Land.
1777 -James Cook visited
the island
1803 - Great
Britain took possession and established a penal colony.
1825 -Tasmania was then constituted
as a separate colony, no longer governed by New South
Wales.
1853 - The transportation
of convicts ended.
1850's - The
British established constitutional self-government in
the colony and the name was officially changed to Tasmania.
1901 - Tasmania was federated
as a state in the Commonwealth of Australia. |
Tasmania: Island State, SE Commonwealth of Australia. It is separated
from Australia by the Bass Strait Tasmania includes many
offshore islands, among which are Bruny, the Hunter Islands,
the Furneaux Group, King Island, and Macquarie Island.
The Indian Ocean is to the west and the Pacific Ocean
to the east.
Hobart is the state capital. |
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1803 and 1826 - Unsuccessful attempts at settlement
were made in on the site of the present Melbourne.
1830's - Settlement
began when sheep ranchers from Tasmania came looking for
pasture.
1836 - Known
as the Port Phillip District, the area that is now Victoria
became part of the colony of New South Wales.
1851 - Victoria was made
a separate British colony.
1851 - The discovery of gold
led to a rapid population increase.
1855 - Granted full constitutional
self-government.
1901 - Victoria was federated
as a state of the Commonwealth of Australia |
Victoria: state in SE Australia. bounded on the
S and E by the Indian Ocean, Bass Strait, and the Tasman
Sea.
Melbourne is the capital. |
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1616- Dirck Hartog, a
Dutchman who arrived, first white man known to have visited
the coast.
1826 - A penal colony
was founded at Albany.
1829 - the first free
settlement was established in the Perth-Fremantle area.
1831 - Governed at first
by New South Wales, Western Australia received its own
governor.
1850's - Britain sent
some 10,000 convicts to aid the settlers, most of whom
had migrated from E Australia.
1860's - the first livestock
farmers arrived in the northwest.
1880's - Gold was discovered.
1890 - Western Australia
has its own a full constitution as a separate colony.
1901 - became a state
of the Commonwealth of Australia. |
Western
Australia: state comprising the entire western
part of the continent. It is bounded on the N, W, and
S by the Indian Ocean.
Perth is the capital. |
