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Colonial Period

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The Black War in Tasmania (1820s–1832)

1824 - 1832

Settlement and colonization of Van Diemen's Land/Tasmania (1803–1853)

1803 - 1853

Port Phillip District, separation and Victoria's gold rush (1835–1855)

1834 - 1851

Planned colony of South Australia and its settlement (1834–1860)

1834 - 1857

Pastoral expansion and the wool economy in colonial Australia (1790–1870)

1797 - 1861

Native Police forces and colonial frontier policing (1830–1870)

1825 - 1861

First Fleet, early settlement and Macquarie's administration (1786–1822)

1786 - 1822

Exploration of the Australian interior: Flinders, Mitchell, Sturt, Burke and Wills (1798–1861)

1796 - 1861

Eureka Stockade and Victorian mining unrest (1851–1854)

1851 - 1856

Creation and early years of the Colony of Queensland (1859–1880)

1859 - 1876

Convict transportation to Australia (1788–1868)

1788 - 1868

Convict-built public works and infrastructure (1790–1860)

1790 - 2010

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