Settlement of Australia
~65,000 years ago · Event
Modern humans cross open water from Sunda to Sahul; the oldest Aboriginal occupation sites date to around 65,000 years ago, evidence of presence rather than the exact moment of arrival.
On these timelines: Australia & the Pacific, Master, Human Origins & the Ice Age
More from Australia & the Pacific
- First British settlement in Australia (1788)
- Captain Cook's first Pacific voyage (1768)
- Maori arrive in New Zealand (1280)
- Federation of Australia (1901)
- Gallipoli campaign (1915)
- Treaty of Waitangi signed (1840)
- New Zealand grants women the vote (1893)
- Austronesian expansion begins (3000 BCE)