It's timeline

> 70,000 BC: Aborigines are thought to have immigrated to Australia

42,000 BC: Aboriginal engravings are found in South Australia dating back to this time.

35,000 BC: Aborigines are thought to have reached Tasmania.

2000 BC: The Dingo is the first domesticated animal to reach Australia.

1300 AD: Marco Polo discusses an great unexplored southern land.

1616 AD: Dirk Hartog, a Dutch explorer, sails to Western Australia.

!688 AD: William Dampier, English explorer, arrives on the west coast of Australia.

1770: Captain James Cook lands on the more hospitable east coast of Australia and claims it for Britain.

1804: Hobart Town is established in Van Diemens Land which is now known as Tasmania.

1833: Port Arthur opens as a penal settlement in Tasmania.

1851: The gold rush begins near Bathurst in New South Wales.

1853: The last convicts are shipped to Tasmania.

1868: The last convicts are transported to Australia.

1873: Ayers Rock is first sighted by Europeans.

1876: The last full blooded Tasmanian aboriginal, Truganini, dies.

1901: The Commonwealth of Australia becomes a reality.

1914-1918: Australian troops fight in World War 1.

1920: QANTAS is formed as a local airline.

1923: Vegemite is first produced.

1927: The first Federal Parliament is held in Canberra.

1932: Sydney Harbour Bridge opens.

1933: Western Australia produces a referendum for secession from England but it is rejected by Parliament.

1939-1945: Australian troops fight in World War 2.

1948: The first all Australian car is produced-the Holden.

1956: Melbourne hosts the Olympics.

1965: Australian troops sent to the Vietnam War.

1971: Neville Bonner becomes the first Aboriginal to be a Member of Parliament.

1973: The Sydney Opera House opens.

1981: Asian immigration increases.

1983: Australia wins the America's Cup.

1988: Bicentenary: The new Parliament House opens in Canberra.

2000: The Sydney Olympics held.