170-60,000 BC- Aborigines thought to have reached Australia. 35,000 BC- Aborigines reach Tasmania 1768 AD- Captain James Cook sets out from England 1770 AD- Cook discovers eastern land of Australia and claims the land for England 1788 AD-Aborigine Bennelong is captured and help for five months, then is taken to meet King George III 1876 AD- Last full-blooded Tasmanian Aborigine, Truganini, dies