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1,000's years ago from this date the Aborigines sailed aimlessly away from Asia and land on the northern coast of Australia. They begin to settle there in tribes.
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Greeks start including "Terra Australis Ingognita" - what it was called then - on their maps.
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In1606 the Dutch use the Greek maps to set sail to explore new lands.
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The English were crazy enough to send a fleet of ships to a continent half the world didn't even knew existed. They called them "The First Fleet".
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In the 1830,s and for many years after. The Native Aboriginal people were forced to move out of there lands and onto reserves.They were considered savages and treated like slaves. Today many Aboriginal people do not know their ancestory because so many were displaced from their homelands.
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Australians stike gold in Victoria which helps start the huge migration to Austalia and the Australian Gold Rush.
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In the 1850's following many years of overcrowding of prisons, Brittan finally stopped transporting prisoners to Australia.
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The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901. At that time there were six independent British colonies. They all got together to become a new nation.
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"On 12 March, Canberra was formally named at the laying of a foundation stone on Capital Hill. Griffin arrived in October as Federal Director of Design and Construction - development of the city was ready to begin."
from a Web page by Tom Worthington. http://www.tomw.net.au/cnbst3.html -
After WWII immigration to Australia was encouraged. ! million people a year for the next four years after 1950, came to Australia.
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All ties with the Brittish Empire are stopped and Australia becomes it's own Parlimentary Republic.
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In 1999 almost half of Australian voters elected to reject the idea of becoming an independent republic. They thought it would affect their freedoms
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