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Australia was first colonised and was actually called New South Wales
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John Oxely came to Australia and found the brisbane river so He came back a year later bringing soldiers and convicts to start a new settlement!
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The last few convicts were removed from Queensland and free setlers were allowed to live in QLD again.
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In 1842 Andrew Petrie discovered the Mary river
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The first convicts came to Western Australia
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Victroria was coloniesed
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Queensland was separated from NSW and became its own state!
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By 1862 all of Queensland had been explored except the western part of cape york peninsula and the border of Queensland and the Northen Territory.
