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| c. 50 million years ago |
| | Australia becomes a separate land mass, isolating its living creatures. They evolve into many species unique to the area | |
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| c. 60,000 years ago |
| | The first human inhabitants of Australia make the crossing from southeast Asia | |
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| 1642 |
| | Abel Tasman makes landfall in the Macquarie Harbour area in the island now known after him, Tasmania | |
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| 1770 |
| | Captain Cook reaches the mainland of Australia, at a place which he names Botany Bay, and continues up the eastern coast | |
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