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*1836 – William Lonsdale built the first government block, declaring Melbourne the capital of the Port Phillip district | *1836 – William Lonsdale built the first government block, declaring Melbourne the capital of the Port Phillip district | ||
*1837 – 28 March -The Hoddle Grid of streets for the central business district is surveyed by Robert Hoddle. | *1837 – 28 March -The Hoddle Grid of streets for the central business district is surveyed by Robert Hoddle. | ||
− | *1837 – 1 June – First inner-city land sale | + | *1837 – 1 June – First inner-city land sale. '''Amongst the purchases was the site of the Griffon Academy, by Griffon.''' |
*1838 – Melbourne is declared a legal port and administrative centre, opening the way for vastly increased immigration | *1838 – Melbourne is declared a legal port and administrative centre, opening the way for vastly increased immigration | ||
*1838 – Melbourne Cricket Club is founded | *1838 – Melbourne Cricket Club is founded | ||
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*1859 – Spencer Street Station (then Batman's Hill Station) and Princes Gate Station completed | *1859 – Spencer Street Station (then Batman's Hill Station) and Princes Gate Station completed | ||
*1859 – Construction of the General Post Office begins | *1859 – Construction of the General Post Office begins | ||
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+ | *1859 – First Melbourne Trades Hall building opened. | ||
+ | *1860 – The Burke and Wills expedition departed from Royal Park. | ||
+ | *1861 – National Gallery of Victoria is founded | ||
+ | *1861 – First Melbourne Cup | ||
+ | *1861 – [[Victorian Exhibition (1861)|Victorian Exhibition held | ||
+ | *'''1861 – Melbourne's population reaches 125,000''' | ||
+ | *1862 – Melbourne Zoo founded | ||
+ | *1863 – Batman's Hill levelled | ||
+ | *'''1865 – Melbourne overtakes Sydney to become Australia's most populous city''' | ||
+ | *1866 – Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia held | ||
+ | *1867 – The current Melbourne Town Hall begins construction | ||
+ | *1869 – The Royal Mint is completed | ||
+ | *1874 – The Supreme Court building is completed | ||
+ | *1875 – Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition held | ||
+ | *1877 – First Test cricket match, between Australia and the MCC, at the MCG. First season of the Victorian Football Association. | ||
+ | *1878 – Xavier College, in Kew, is founded after the increased need of boarding space for the oldest Jesuit School in Melbourne, St. Pat's. | ||
+ | *1879 – Ruyton Girls' School, also in Kew is founded by Charlotte Anderson. Its land includes the heritage listed Henty House, built by the seminal Hentys of Sussex. | ||
+ | *1880 - Ned Kelly hanged in Melbourne Gaol | ||
+ | *1880 – Royal Exhibition Building opened | ||
+ | *1880 – Melbourne International Exhibition held | ||
+ | *1883 – The historic Yarra-Yarra Falls (near Queens Bridge) removed using explosives | ||
+ | *1884 – Victorian International Exhibition held | ||
+ | *1885 – First cable tram line opens in the Melbourne cable tramway system | ||
+ | *1885 – Victorians' Jubilee Exhibition | ||
+ | *1887 – The current Town Hall is completed | ||
+ | *1888 – Victorian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition and Centennial International Exhibition held | ||
+ | *1890 – The Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works is formed | ||
+ | *1894 – City streets first lit by electric lighting | ||
+ | *1897 – First season of the Victorian Football League | ||
+ | *1897 – First part of the mains sewage system becomes operational |
Revision as of 17:54, 21 May 2014
Pre-European settlement
- At least 30,000 years of settlement by various Aboriginal nations that were existing then
18th century
- 1797 – George Bass explores the south-east coast of Australia
19th century
- 1800 – James Grant explores the south-east of Australia
- 1801 – John Murray sails into Port Phillip in the Lady Nelson
- 1803 – Charles Robbins and Charles Grimes explore the entirety of Port Phillip and discover the Yarra River in the Buffalo
- 1803 – David Collins sent from Sydney to establish a settlement for the British Government. Unaware of previous discoveries, Collins settles near present-day Sullivan Bay on the Mornington Peninsula. This settlement is abandoned five months later.
- 1834 – The Henty family establish first long-term European settlement in Victoria at Portland
- 1835 – John Batman sails to the mouth of the Yarra from Tasmania in the Rebecca
- 1835 – John Batman 'buys' the 2,430km² that Melbourne would be founded on from the local Aboriginal nation, the Wurundjeri. The Batman Deed is now widely recognised to be more of a treaty than a sale.
- 1835 – Melbourne is founded by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner
- 1836 – William Lonsdale built the first government block, declaring Melbourne the capital of the Port Phillip district
- 1837 – 28 March -The Hoddle Grid of streets for the central business district is surveyed by Robert Hoddle.
- 1837 – 1 June – First inner-city land sale. Amongst the purchases was the site of the Griffon Academy, by Griffon.
- 1838 – Melbourne is declared a legal port and administrative centre, opening the way for vastly increased immigration
- 1838 – Melbourne Cricket Club is founded
- 1838 – Second inner-city land sale
- 1839 – Third inner-city land sale. Quarrying of bluestone began out of the Melbourne Corporation Quarry at Clifton Hill.
- 1840 – First petition for the separation of Port Phillip District from New South Wales drafted by Henry Fyshe Gisborne and presented to Governor George Gipps.
- 1841 – First seaport and market are opened
- 1842 – Melbourne Municipal Corporation Act was passed in Sydney. Melbourne City Council is formed.
- 1842 - The First Concillium of Melbourne is formed, Known as the Concillium of Batman. Notably, this included an Apostate member from the Wurundjeri.
- 1845 – First Princes Bridge constructed connecting both sides of the Yarra
- 1846 - The Melbourne Botanic Gardens is founded
- 1847 – Melbourne declared a city by Queen Victoria on 25 June.
- 1847 – Melbourne Building Act was passed in 1847 based on Sydney act of 1833.
- 1848 – Melbourne Hospital founded (from 1935 the hospital is called The Royal Melbourne Hospital)
- 1851 – Beginning of the Victorian gold rush with discovery of gold at Buninyong
- 1851 – Victoria becomes a colony, separate from New South Wales
- 1851 – First Lieutenant-Governor Charles La Trobe inaugurated
- 1852 – City's first gas works is opened
- 1842 - The First Concillium of Melbourne falls. Records are unclear as to what caused this.
- 1853 – The University of Melbourne is founded
- 1854 – The Melbourne Terminus (first Flinders Street Station building) is completed
- 1854 – First steam railway journey in Australia from Melbourne Terminus (on the current site of Flinders Street Station) to Sandridge (later Port Melbourne)
- 1854 – Melbourne Exhibition held in conjunction with Exposition Universelle (1855)
- 1854 – The State Library of Victoria is founded
- 1854 – First telegraph service, to Williamstown
- 1854 – The first Town Hall is completed
- 1855 – First state Governor Charles Hotham inaugurated
- 1855 – The Melbourne Museum is founded
- 1856 – Stonemasons win the Eight hour day
- 1857 – First reservoir water supply (at Yan Yean Reservoir) tapped outside city limits
- 1857 – Queen Victoria Market is founded
- 1857 – Australia's first country railway from Geelong to Melbourne is built
- 1857 – City streets first lit by gas lighting
- 1858 – 7 August – a game of football played between Melbourne Grammar School and Scotch College
- 1858 – First inter-city telegraph services, to Adelaide and Sydney
- 1859 – 14 May – Melbourne Football Club, Australia's oldest football club, is founded
- 1859 – Spencer Street Station (then Batman's Hill Station) and Princes Gate Station completed
- 1859 – Construction of the General Post Office begins
- 1859 – First Melbourne Trades Hall building opened.
- 1860 – The Burke and Wills expedition departed from Royal Park.
- 1861 – National Gallery of Victoria is founded
- 1861 – First Melbourne Cup
- 1861 – [[Victorian Exhibition (1861)|Victorian Exhibition held
- 1861 – Melbourne's population reaches 125,000
- 1862 – Melbourne Zoo founded
- 1863 – Batman's Hill levelled
- 1865 – Melbourne overtakes Sydney to become Australia's most populous city
- 1866 – Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia held
- 1867 – The current Melbourne Town Hall begins construction
- 1869 – The Royal Mint is completed
- 1874 – The Supreme Court building is completed
- 1875 – Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition held
- 1877 – First Test cricket match, between Australia and the MCC, at the MCG. First season of the Victorian Football Association.
- 1878 – Xavier College, in Kew, is founded after the increased need of boarding space for the oldest Jesuit School in Melbourne, St. Pat's.
- 1879 – Ruyton Girls' School, also in Kew is founded by Charlotte Anderson. Its land includes the heritage listed Henty House, built by the seminal Hentys of Sussex.
- 1880 - Ned Kelly hanged in Melbourne Gaol
- 1880 – Royal Exhibition Building opened
- 1880 – Melbourne International Exhibition held
- 1883 – The historic Yarra-Yarra Falls (near Queens Bridge) removed using explosives
- 1884 – Victorian International Exhibition held
- 1885 – First cable tram line opens in the Melbourne cable tramway system
- 1885 – Victorians' Jubilee Exhibition
- 1887 – The current Town Hall is completed
- 1888 – Victorian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition and Centennial International Exhibition held
- 1890 – The Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works is formed
- 1894 – City streets first lit by electric lighting
- 1897 – First season of the Victorian Football League
- 1897 – First part of the mains sewage system becomes operational