1874 Yarra Park Football
Match

40,000 years ago (or more): First Aborigines arrived in the Yarra area

1802: John Murray sailed into Port Phillip Bay on the Lady Nelson

1803: Lt-Governor David Collins took 460 convicts and white settlers ashore near Sorrento.

1835: Foundation of Melbourne

1839: La Trobe's cottage built in Jolimont, East Melbourne

1853: First private house in East Melbourne, built for Mr Cooke (more)

1858: First game of Australian rules football played at Richmond paddock

1877: First test cricket match between Australia and England played at the MCG.

1891: Yarra River rose 14 metres and destroyed 200 houses in Collingwood and Richmond

1901: Yarra River straightened and Royal Botanic Gardens ornamental lake formed

1954: Proposal to destroy much of East Melbourne for an inner city ring road

1956: Melbourne Olympic Games held at the MCG

1963: La Trobe's cottage relocated to King's Domain

2006: Commonwealth Games held at the MCG

References

First Migrants

The Journey of Mankind - The Bradshaw Foundation: Tracing the migration of modern humans starting 160,000 years ago

Settlement of Australia - Wikipedia: Genetic, archeological and linguistic sciences point to the single origin of modern mankind

Aborigines

The Pre-History of Australia - Wikipedia: Australia before European settlement

Indigenous Australia - The Australian Museum Online: Chronolgy, culture, stories

Indigenous Australians - Wikipedia: The lives of Australian Aborigines

A Timeline for Aborigines in Victoria - Kooriweb: Major historical events for Aborigines in Victoria

More - National Coordinators of Indigenous Education: More links to Aboriginal history, culture and issues

Geography

History of the Yarra River - Yarra River Precinct Association: History of the Yarra River

Yarra River construction works - Federation Square: A place in history

Melbourne

Timeline - Wikipedia: Timeline of Melbourne history

Victoria history - Wikipedia: History of Victoria

Melbourne history - Melbourne Online: Foundation of Melbourne

John Murray - Australian Dictionary of Biography: Murray, John (1775? - 1807?)

John Batman - Australian Dictionary of Biography: Batman, John (1801 - 1839)

William Barak - Australian Dictionary of Biography: Barak, William (1824 - 1903)

East Melbourne

East Melbourne - Wikipedia: East Melbourne, Victoria

La Trobe's cottage - Wikipedia: La Trobe's cottage

Yarra Park - Wikipedia: Yarra Park

Gold Rush

Victorian Gold Rush - Wikipedia: Victorian gold rush

Sport

First Test Cricket Match - Wikipedia: Test cricket history

First Australian Rules Football - Wikipedia: Australian rules football history

1956 Olympic Games - Wikipedia: 1956 Summer Olympics

1956 Olympic Games - IOC: 1956 Olympics

2006 Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia: 2006 Commonwealth Games