Most Important Events in Australian History

The Top Ten
1 The First Fleet Arrives (1788)
2 Australia Federates (1 January 1901)
3 The Australian Gold Rush (1851)
4 The ANZACs Formed (December 1914)

I obviously wasn't alive then and I don't personally know anyone who was but from what I heard this was hugely important to the national identities of Australia and New Zealand.

5 The Eureka Stockade (3 December 1854)
6 Kevin Rudd Apology (13 February 2008)
7 Aboriginal Australians arrive in Australia (50,000 years ago)
8 Women Get to Vote (1902)
9 Aboriginal Australians Get the Right to Vote (1962)
10 Australia Joins World War II (3 September 1939)
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