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Australian History

Guess these events from Australian history
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-15675556
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Last updated: September 6, 2018
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Year
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1788
Australia becomes this sort of colony
Penal
1854
Miners form a rebellion against British soldiers
Eureka Stockade
1856
Australia becomes the first country to introduce this (hint: it's about voting)
Secret Ballot
1880
This famous outlaw is executed
Ned Kelly
1901
This man is elected this first PM of the newly independent Australia
Edmund Barton
1911
This city becomes the capital
Canberra
1915
Australian and New Zealand soldiers fight at this fatal WWI battle
Gallipoli
1956
Olympics are held in this city
Melbourne
1967
This referendum allowed who to receive better services and be treated equally under the law
Aboriginals
1975
This immigration policy ends
White Australia Policy
1986
The Australia Act makes Australian law fully independent of what
British Parliament
1996
35 people are killed at this historic site
Port Arthur
2009
Major bush fires burn across Victoria on this known as _____ ________
Black Saturday
2018
Scott Morrison over throws this former PM becoming the 7th PM in the last 10 years
Malcolm Turnbull
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Level 71
Sep 25, 2022
Canberra was chosen as the site for the capital in 1911 but it didn't formally become so until 1927.