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The human history of Western Australia commenced "over 50,000 years ago and possibly as much ... Below is a timeline of significant events from the 1616 landfall of ...
Aboriginal candidate Ben Wyatt is set to become Western Australian Treasurer, the highest political post ever held by an Aboriginal person in Western Australian history. May 2020 Rio Tinto destroy Juukan Gorge 1 and 2 Aboriginal Heritage sites, that had deep historical and cultural significance, dating back 46,000 years. The shelters were the ...
Main Article: History of Western Australia. 1829 - The settlement of Perth is founded. 1850: Western Australia becomes a penal colony. 1867: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. 1892: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. 1929 - Western Australia celebrates its centenary
Western Australia Originally named Mount Newman until 1981. 1967 Exmouth: Western Australia 1968 Karratha: Western Australia 1969 Moranbah: Queensland 1970 Ravenswood: Western Australia 1971 Nhulunbuy: Northern Territory [29] 1972 Shay Gap: Western Australia Former mining town. Closed in 1994. 1973 Dysart: Queensland 1980s Joondalup: Western ...
The study of Aboriginal history in Western Australia has been enhanced in recent years by people like Lois Tilbrook [13] who have started collecting information and records on key Aboriginal Families in WA. Due to the comprehensiveness of the records of the Department of Native Affairs, more is known about Aboriginal families than about most ...
Animated map of the territorial evolution of Australia. The first colonies of the British Empire on the continent of Australia were the penal colony of New South Wales, founded in 1788, and the Swan River Colony (later renamed Western Australia), founded in 1829.
This is a timeline of Australian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Australia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see history of Australia .
Western Australian timelines (1 C, 2 P) * ... Pages in category "History of Western Australia" The following 104 pages are in this category, out of 104 total.