ocr: Dutch, Portuguese, French and. - decisively - British incursions throughout the 17th and 18th centuries signaled the end of40,000 years of. Aboriginal occupancy. Governor Arthur Phillip raised the Union Jack at Sydney Cove onJanuary 26, 1788. 1901 Inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia. a - 1915 At the outbreak of World War I, Australian government calls for volunteers for Australian Imperial. Force (AIF). la 1915 Australian troops suffer heavy casualties at Gallipoli. L - 1929 Industrial upheaval and financial collapse: "The Great Depression." 01 1939 Prime Minister Menzies announces A ...
