On 26.08.1768,Capt.James Cook departed from Plymouth on the HMS Endeavour.With him were 94men, copious supplies,and secret instructions to locate the fabled southern continent known as‘terra australis incognita’.They did not find the unknown continent,but they did arrive in Aotearoa New Zealand.His name,and that of the ship,has dominated the story of European exploration of Aotearoa New Zealand ever since.The Endeavour was a relatively small vessel of 368 tons,just 32m long and 7.6m broad.
![First Cobb and Co On this day …….. 30th of January 1854 On this day in 1854, Cobb & Co’s horse drawn coaches made their first run, departing Melbourne for the Forest Creek diggings (now Castlemaine) and Bendigo. The network of routes was quickly expanded to deal with increased demand in the growing colony of Victoria. Initially a passenger […] Victoria Australia, South Australia, Old Pictures, City Of Adelaide, Asian History, British History, Melbourne Victoria, Historical Pictures](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/83/b6/72/83b67288a70a73211679f45c3604f004--horse-drawn-routes.jpg)
![The Eureka Rebellion of 1854 was a historically significant organised rebellion of gold miners of Ballarat against British colonial authority. The Battle of Eureka Stockade (by which the rebellion is popularly known) was fought between miners and the Colonial forces of Australia on 3 December 1854 at Eureka Lead and named for the stockade structure erected by miners during the conflict. [1] Resulting in the deaths of 22 miners, it was the most significant conflict in the colonial history of V... History Timeline, Melbourne, Sydney, Teaching History](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/49/7f/c6/497fc6ae465428fc100af66695d4d7a3--gold-miners-history-timeline.jpg)
