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Time Line - Spanish History
21 December 1605
Pedro Fernández de Quirós and Luis Vaez de Torres, leave El Callao, Perú, with the ships San Pedro y Pablo, San Pedro and Los Tres Reyes.
3 March 1606
Quirós and Torres enter St Philips and St James’s Bay (Bay of Pigs) in Vanuatu.
4 May 1606
Quirós and Torres go ashore at Espíritu Santo.
14 May 1606
Whitsunday, Quirós names Austrialia del Espíritu Santo and takes possession of it on behalf of the King of Spain, Philip III.
28 May 1606
Quirós leaves Santo.
8 June 1606
Torres leaves Santo.
1-9 October 1606
Torres crosses the Straits that bear his name.
4 October 1606
Torres anchors off Cape Cornwall.
21 October 1606
Quirós arrives in Acapulco.
22 May 1607
Torres arrives in Manila.
October 1607
Quirós arrives in Spain.
1615
Quirós dies in Panama.
7 December 1792
Alejandro Malaspina with the corvettes Descubierta and Atrevida, leaves Cadiz, Spain, for a journey through the Pacific.
12 March 1793
Malaspina arrives in Botany Bay.
11 April 1793
Malaspina leave Botany Bay.
24 February 1793
Malaspina arrives in New Zealand.
21 September 1794
Malaspina arrives back in Cadiz.
1797
The first merinos or “Spanish sheep” arrive in Australia
1812
40,000 reales de a ocho become currency in Australia as the so called “holly dollars”
1846
Fathers Rosendo Salvado and Jose Serra found the Monastery of New Norcia, Western Australia.
1 January 1855
The first Consul of Spain in Sydney, Antonio Arrom de Ayala, takes office.
1928-1929
First visit to Australia of the Juan Sebastian Elcano.
1935
José Paronella opens Paronella park, Mina Creek, Queensland.
1955-1958
Spanish boxer, Ricardo Marcos “Bolita”, semi-heavy Australian boxing champion.
1959
first organized arrival of Spanish immigrants by boat, on board the ship Montserrat. The last took place in 1961.
1964
First Spanish club opens, the Spanish Centre of Victoria.
11 July 1964
First newspaper in Spanish published.
1968
The Embassy of Spain in Australia is open.
1970
The first Andalucian horses arrive to Australia.
1972-1974
Hon Al Grassby AM, MP (whose father is Spanish), is Australia's Minister of Immigration.
1987-1988
The Juan Sebastian Elcano, tours Fremantle, Melbourne, Hobart and Sydney, and participates in the naval parade of 26 January 1988 celebrating the Bicentennial of Australia
13-19 June 1988
State Visit of the King and Queen of Spain, don Juan Carlos and doña Sofía. A statue of Pedro Fernández de Quirós is donated to Sydney City Council. It now stands at Latin American Square, Sydney.
5-10 July 1990
Official visit of the Crown Prince of Spain, the Prince of Asturias, Don Felipe, Canberra, Sydney, Uluru, Darwin and Kakadu.
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