Timeline of Melbourne
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Date: Unknown
The first known people to inhabit the area that would one day be called Melbourne were the Wurundjeri tribe, who occupied today's Melbourne and also the Yarra River Valley.
Date: 1803
The first European to discover Port Phillip Bay was Charles Grimes, who recommended no settlement at Port Phillip Bay. They attempted a settlement but were put off by the lack of fresh water and founded Hobart.
Date: 1835
John Batman founded the first Melbourne settlement, by signing a treaty with the Indigenous occupants. As they didn't know they were signing over their land, he was able to trick them and then kill them to force them out of the region.
Date: 1837
Robert Hoddle completes a city map that would come to be known as the Hoddle Grid, the layout for Melbourne today.
Bibliography:
https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/12-moments-in-history-that-shaped-melbourne/
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/a-history-of-melbourne-the-best-and-worst-moments/news-story/9904bbd3a4b48fc3ed98487452bb8cee
https://www.britannica.com/event/Eureka-Stockade
https://www.travelvictoria.com.au/victoria/history/
Date: 1851
Victoria is recognised as a colony.
Date: 1851
The first gold in Melbourne is discovered leading to the gold rush.
Date: 1854
Rising tensions between Diggers in the Gold Mines and the policies employed by the government lead to 150 diggers creating a structure and opening fire on troopers. 25 diggers and 5 troopers were killed.
Date: 1901
Melbourne ceased to be an independent colony and become one of the 6 states of the Commonwealth of Australia under the new federation.
Date: 1910
Flinders Street Station is completed.
Date: 1928
The first traffic lights in Melbourne were installed.
Date: 1950s Onwards
The company known as Whelan the Wrecker knocked down many heritage buildings in the CBD over a number of decades before being stopped by the popular vote.
Date: 1956
Melbourne hosts the 16th Olympic Games.
Date: 1960
Chadstone Shopping Centre opens.
Date: 1967
Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, disappears whilst swimming at the Mornington peninsula, halting 20 years of growth.
Date: 1983
One of the worst dust storms in Australia's history sweeps through Melbourne.
Date: 2009
Victoria's worst disaster, Black Saturday claims the lives of 173 people.