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15th December 1851: The Forest Creek Monster Meeting of Australian gold miners protests taxes

  • 15th December 2020
  • Tagged as: Australia, Gold, mining, Protest, Victoria

Over 14,000 Australian gold miners gathered at Forest Creek in Victoria for a protest known as the Monster Meeting.

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3rd September 1939: Second World War begins

  • 3rd September 2020
  • Tagged as: Australia, Britain, Chamberlain, Churchill, France, Germany, Nazi, New Zealand, Poland, Second World War

On the 3rd September 1939, the Second World War officially began when France and the United Kingdom – together with Australia and New Zealand – declared war on Germany.

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13th May 1787: The First Fleet departs for Australia

  • 13th May 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Australia, Britain, Colonialism, Criminal, Exploration, Imperialism, Ship, South Africa

On the 13th May 1787, the eleven ships of the “First Fleet” set sail under Captain Arthur Phillip from Portsmouth, England, to establish a penal colony in Australia.

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8th May 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea ends during the War in the Pacific

  • 8th May 2020
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Allies, America, Australia, Battle of the Coral Sea, Japan, Navy, Operation MO, USA, War in the Pacific

The Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval battle in which the participating ships never came in sight of each other, ended.

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19th April 1770: Captain Cook’s voyage sights Australia

  • 19th April 2020
  • Tagged as: Australia, Britain, Emigration, Exploration, Ship

On the 19th April 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook first caught sight of Australia.

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18th March 1834: Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced to transportation to Australia

  • 18th March 2020
  • Tagged as: Agriculture, Australia, England, Law, Tolpuddle Martyrs, Transportation, Unionisation, Workers

The industrial revolution, combined with the first of the Enclosure Acts, had seen the earnings of poor farmers plummet.

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26th July 1745: First ever women’s cricket match played near Guildford

  • 26th July 2019
  • Tagged as: Australia, Britain, Cricket, Culture, England, Guildford, Sport, Surrey, Women

The first ever women’s cricket match was played on Gosden Common near Guildford in Surrey.

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28th June 1880: Australian outlaw Ned Kelly arrested following a violent shoot out

  • 28th June 2019
  • Tagged as: Australia, Criminal, Execution, Murder, Ned Kelly, Outlaw, Police, Shootout, Victoria

The Australian outlaw Ned Kelly was arrested following a violent shoot-out with police at Glenrowan in Victoria.

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21st April 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shot down and killed

  • 21st April 2019
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Australia, First World War, Germany, Pilot, Somme, War

The German fighter pilot Baron Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron, was shot down and killed.

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