Talk:Timeline of Australian history

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Contents 1 WA 2 Years in Australia 3 1892 4 Bali & Jakarta 5 Factual Error 6 Historical Significance 7 WP:AUSTHIST

[edit] WA

Where is it mentioned that WA agreed to the constitution, having rejected it? Tony 09:23, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Years in Australia

Up to around 1930 there aren't many events per year. Wouldn't it make sense to revert the current convention so that years will link to the worldwide pages, such as 1823, while headlines would link to Australia specific pages, such as 1800-99 in Australia or 1850-9 in Australia, or whatever an appropriate period may be? Common Man 02:35, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 1892

1892: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Queensland. Is this saying gold was discovered in Coolgardie AND in Queensland or is it a mistake? Coolgardie is in WA, and gold was discovered there in 1892. -- Ian ≡ talk 02:57, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bali & Jakarta

I appreciate that the Bali and Jakarta bombings affected Australia/ns, but are they properly part of "Australian history", per se? What do others think?--cjllw | TALK 08:26, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Factual Error

The following factual error has been corrected

"1989 - A 5.6 magnitude earthquake strikes Newcastle on 28 December. This was Australia's most serious natural disaster to date"

The Newcastle earthquakes were not Australia's most serious natural disaster to date. For example previous disasters such as: The Broome cyclone 1935, Ash Wednesday fires 1983, Cyclone Tracy 1974, etc. all had a greater degree of severity.

presuming of course the "seriousness" of a natural disaster is measured by death toll and/or amount of destruction.

[edit] Historical Significance

1992 - The Sydney Harbour Tunnel opens. This particular road has not been of historical significance to the nation and therefore should not be included in the timeline.

[edit] WP:AUSTHIST

To aid in the start of the new Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history, I have copied for the time being, this timeline to Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Timeline, where it will be converted hopefully with some work into a structural diagram of current articles, and articles that need to be written. Please contribute, as well as sign in as participants on the project.SauliH 07:04, 17 November 2006 (UTC)