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The Dingo is the first domesticated animal to reach Australia
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• 1300 AD: Marco Polo discusses an great unexplored southern land.
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• 1616 AD: Dirk Hartog, a Dutch explorer, sails to Western Australia.
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• 1770: Captain James Cook lands on the more hospitable east coast of Australia and claims it for Britain.
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Hobart Town is established in Van Diemens Land which is now known as Tasmania
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• 1833: Port Arthur opens as a penal settlement in Tasmania
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The gold rush begins near Bathurst in New South Wales
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• 1914-; Australian troops fight in World War 1
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William Dampier, English explorer, arrives on the west coast of Australia
