Timeline: Australia and Oceania
| Years: c. 50 million years ago - 2007 | Subject: Encyclopedias, Geographical reference |
| Publisher: HistoryWorld | Online Publication Date: 2012 |
| Current online version: 2012 | eISBN: 9780191736117 |
| Year | Event |
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| c. 50 million years ago | Go to Gondwanaland in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 60,000 years ago | Go to Pacific Islands in The Oxford Companion to Archaeology (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1300 BCE | Go to Polynesians in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 200 BCE | Go to Polynesians in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 800 | Go to New Zealand in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1000? | Go to Easter Island in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1521 | Go to Magellan, Ferdinand (c. 1480–1521) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1568 | Go to Terra Australis Incognita in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1642 | Abel Tasman makes landfall in the Macquarie Harbour area in the island now known after him, Tasmania Go to Tasman, Abel (1603–c. 1659) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Maori in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1643 | Go to Tasman, Abel (1603–c. 1659) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1709 | Go to Selkirk, Alexander (1676–1721) in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1722 | Go to Easter Island (Chile) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1768 | Go to Cook, James (1728–79) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1769 | Go to Cook, James (1728–79) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Cook, James (1728–79) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1770 | Go to Cook, James (1728–79) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1772 | Go to Cook, James (1728–79) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1779 | Go to Cook, James (1728–79) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Banks, Sir Joseph (1743–1820) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1787 | Go to First Fleet in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1788 | Go to First Fleet in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Sydney (Australia, Canada) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1789 | Go to Christian, Fletcher (c. 1764–c. 1793) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1790 | Go to New South Wales Corps in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1798 | Go to Bass Strait in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1804 | Go to Hobart in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1829 | Go to Stirling, James (1791–1865) in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1831 | Go to Aborigine in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1834 | Go to Tolpuddle Martyrs in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1835 | Go to Melbourne in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1836 | Go to Adelaide in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tolpuddle Martyrs in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1851 | Go to gold rushes in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1854 | Go to Eureka Rebellion (1854) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1861 | See this event in other timelines: |
| 1862 | Go to Stuart, John McDouall (1815–66) in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Wills, Robert O'Hara, and William, explorers in The Oxford Companion to World Exploration (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1870 | Adelaide and Darwin are linked across the entire Australian continent by the Overland Telegraph Line See this event in other timelines: |
| 1875 | Go to measles in A Dictionary of Public Health (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1877 | Go to cricket in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1882 | Go to Ashes, The in Brewer's Dictionary of London Phrase & Fable (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1884 | Go to Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl of (1847–1929) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1887 | Go to Melba, Nellie (1861) in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (5 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1891 | Go to Gauguin, Paul (1848–1903) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1892 | Go to Melba in An A-Z of Food and Drink (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1895 | Go to ‘Waltzing Matilda’ in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1898 | Go to Hawaii (USA) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1900 | Go to Salvation Army in A Dictionary of Public Health (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1901 | Go to Australia (New Holland, Terra Australis) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to White Australia policy in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1904 | Go to Watson, John Christian (1867–1941) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1906 | Go to Tait family in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1907 | Go to Harvester judgment (1907) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to dominion in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1908 | Go to Canberra in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Johnson, Jack (1878–1946) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1911 | Go to Mansfield, Katherine (1888–1923) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1913 | Go to Canberra in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1915 | Go to Dennis, (Clarence Michael James) C. J. (1876–1938) in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gold Standard in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1916 | See this event in other timelines: |
| 1917 | Go to Richardson, Henry Handel (1870–1946) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1920 | See this event in other timelines: |
| 1922 | Go to Lawrence, D. H. (1885–1930) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1923 | Go to Vegemite in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1927 | Go to Canberra (Australian Capital Territory/Australia) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1928 | Go to Bradman, Sir Don (1908–2001) in A Dictionary of Sports Studies (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: See this event in other timelines: Go to Coniston massacre in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mead, Margaret (1901–1978) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1930 | Go to Johnson, Amy (1903–1941) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: See this event in other timelines: Australian-born composer Percy Grainger writes variations on Handel's tune The Harmonious Blacksmith Go to Grainger, Percy Aldridge (1882–1961) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1931 | Go to Statute of Westminster in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1932 | Go to Sydney Harbour Bridge in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Larwood, Harold (1904–1995) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1934 | Go to Seven Poor Men of Sydney in The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1938 | Go to Namatjira, Albert (1902–59) in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Hutton, Sir Len (1916–90) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1939 | Go to Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon (1894–1978) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to White, Patrick (1912–90) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1941 | Go to Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon (b. 20 Dec. 1894) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Pearl Harbor in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1942 | Go to Darwin bombing in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to New Guinea Campaign in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Sydney harbour, attack on in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Midway Island, Battle of (4 June 1942) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Guadalcanal, battle for (1942–3) in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1943 | Go to Guadalcanal, battle for (1942–3) in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1944 | Go to Truk Atoll in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Saipan, capture of in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1945 | Go to Iwo Jima, Battle of in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Iwo Jima, Battle of in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to V-J Day in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1946 | Go to Bikini atoll in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Nolan, Sir Sidney (22 Apr. 1917) in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1948 | Go to Immigration in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bradman, Sir Don (1908–2001) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Holden in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1949 | Go to Menzies, Robert Gordon (20 Dec. 1894) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1951 | Go to hydrogen bomb in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1955 | Go to Everage, Edna in The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1956 | Go to Olympic Games in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Cuthbert, Betty (1938– ) in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1957 | Go to Utzon, Jørn Oberg (1918–2008) in A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Boyd, Arthur (24 July 1920) in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Voss in The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1959 | Go to Sutherland, Dame Joan (1926–2010) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Brabham, Jack (1926– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1960 | Go to Immigration Reform Group in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Holyoake, Sir Keith Jacka (1904–1983) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1962 | Go to Australian Ballet in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1963 | Go to Court, Margaret (1942– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1964 | Go to Adcock, Fleur (1934–) in The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1965 | Go to Vietnam War in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1966 | Go to Holt, Harold (1908–1967) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Aboriginal land rights in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1967 | Go to Holt, Harold (1908–1967) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1969 | Go to Laver, Rod (1938) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1970 | Go to Malouf, David (1934– ) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Greer, Germaine (1939) in A Dictionary of Critical Theory (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Court, Margaret (1942– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1971 | Go to Cawley, Evonne Fay (1951– ) in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1972 | Go to Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Whitlam, Gough (b. 11 July 1916) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1973 | Go to Sydney Opera House in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to White, Patrick (1912–90) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1974 | Go to Cyclone Tracy in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1975 | Go to Papua New Guinea in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Whitlam, Gough (b. 11 July 1916) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Fraser, Malcolm (1930– ) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Muldoon, Robert David (25 Sept. 1921) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Fraser, Malcolm (1930– ) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1981 | Go to Murdoch, (Keith) Rupert (1931– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Stolen Generations in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1982 | Go to Keneally, Thomas (1935– ) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1983 | Go to Hawke, Robert James Lee (2 Dec. 1929) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1984 | Go to Lange, David Russell (4 Aug. 1942) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Lillee, Dennis Keith (1949– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1985 | Go to Carey, Peter (1943– ) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Rainbow Warrior in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ayers Rock in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1986 | Go to Privy Council in A Dictionary of Law (7 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1987 | Go to Hughes, Robert (1938– ) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1988 | Go to Canberra in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Carey, Peter (1943– ) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1991 | Go to Keating, Paul John (18 Jan. 1944) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1992 | Go to Mabo Case in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1994 | Go to New Zealand in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1996 | Go to Howard, John Winston (1939) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Wik decision in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1997 | Go to Bringing Them Home report in Australian Law Dictionary (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1999 | Go to Clark, Helen (26 Feb. 1950) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2000 | Go to Freeman, Cathy in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2002 | Go to Clark, Helen (26 Feb. 1950) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2005 | Go to Clark, Helen (26 Feb. 1950) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2007 | Go to Rudd, Kevin (21 Sept. 1957) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
