Question

Arrange the events in Australian history in chronological order using the numbers 1-7.

U.S. and Australian forces led by General Douglas MacArthur fight together in several Pacific campaigns.



Dutch navigator Willem Jansz is the first European to reach Australia.



Convicts and their guards arrive in Botany Bay at present-day Sydney to start a colony.



Aborigines scatter in small tribes across Australia.



The discovery of gold encourages a new wave of colonists.



Granted independence, Australia is divided into six states and one territory.



Royal Navy Captain James Cook claims Australia for Great Britain and names it New South Wales.

Answer 1

1. Aborigines scatter in small tribes across Australia.

2. Dutch navigator Willem Jansz is the first European to reach Australia.

3. Royal Navy Captain James Cook claims Australia for Great Britain and names it New South Wales.

4. Convicts and their guards arrive in Botany Bay at present-day Sydney to start a colony.

5. Granted independence, Australia is divided into six states and one territory.

6. The discovery of gold encourages a new wave of colonists.

7. U.S. and Australian forces led by General Douglas MacArthur fight together in several Pacific campaigns.

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