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Aboriginal Occupation of Australia Pre-dates 50,000BC
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Captain James Cook stops at the locations for the towns Cooktown and 1770
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Matthew Flinders passed along the Queensland coast on the "Investigator"
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John Oxley names a large river after Govenor Brisbane
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Convict settlement established on the Brisbane River
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Aboriginal people poisoned by arsenic at Kilcoy Station
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First Wool is shipped from Moreton Bay to England
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Discovery of Gold at Caroona near Rockhampton sparking a gold rush.
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Queensland separates from New South Wales
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First Elections are held in Queensland
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First telegraph message from Brisbane to Ipswich
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Burke and Wills die near Cooper Creek after crossing Australia, South to North
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Work on Central Railway line begins
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Bushranger Hunter is imprisoned
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Free Primary education is introduced, first in Australia
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Queensland flag is adopted
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Cyclones and Floods cause severe damage
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Queensland Government decides to construct a fence to prevent the spread of rabbits
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The Great Shearer's Strike
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Waltzing Matilda is performed for the first time
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Queensland becomes a state
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Women can Vote
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University of Queensland opened
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Construction of the Story Bridge begins, finished in 1940.
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Japanese bomb Townsville and Mossman during WWll
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Queen Elizabeth visits Queensland
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First State of Origin match
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Commonwealth games in Brisbane
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World Expo '88
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The Daintree Forest is World Heritage listed
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Cyclone Larry hits North Queensland
