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In 1788, 11 ships from Britain arrived in Australia because of the overpopulation in British prisions. The 11 ships, also known as the First Fleet arrived on Sydney Cove - where they placed the British flag onto Australian soil.
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In 1829, the Colony of Western Australia established at Perth, at the time, runned by Captain James Stirling.
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In 1836, the colony of South Australia established, with Adelaide as its capital.
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In 1851, Gold was discovered in Victoria when the British decided to mine. This cause people from all over the world to get on boats to Australia, leaving behind families to battle out for gold.
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Today, we use ‘secret ballots’ for voting in Australian elections, but how did these ‘secret ballots’ come around? In 1856, Australia invented the ‘secret ballot’ which was and still is used for voting.
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Today many Australians play cricket. But on the 18th of March, 1877, the first ever Cricket Test Match was played. Australia vs England.
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On the 1st of January in 1901, Australia was unified and put under the Commonwealth.
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In 1901, the Immigration Restriction Act decided to puts a brake on non-white immigration. This has allowed many people to travel the sea and come to Australia no matter how they look, think or feel.
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After long discussionions and arguments between Sydney and Melbourne, it was decided Canberra would be founded and designated as the capital. This was because it was in the middle of both Melbourne and Sydney.
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In 1914, Australia commited people to fight a war in Gallipoli. This as we know today was World War I, where alongside them was the New Zealanders. Together the ANZAC troupe fought there way through the War.
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After the Great Depression following the Wall Street Crash, Australia was hit hard causing a huge economical woe for Australia. Still today, the Great Deppression has impact on people because of the way that it had affect on the children and adults.
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Australia was a founder member of the Commonwealth in 1931 when its independence was recognised under the Statute of Westminster. It is one of 28 island nations in the association; the mainland of Australia is the largest island in the world.
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In 1941, the US declared war on Japan. Australia then turned to the US for help in its defence after the Japanese take over Singapore. Australia allowed the US to base its supreme command for the Pacific war on its territory.
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In 1956, Australia was lucky enough to hold theOlympic Games in Melbourne. Australia was also lucky enough to hold the Olympic Games again in 2000, Sydney.
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National referendum on changes to constitution is passed through the government. The section in which excluded Aboriginal people from official census is removed and another change enables federal government to pass laws on Aboriginal issues.
