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1606- The Dutch came to Austraila, but the Aborigines quickly.
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Captain James Cook sailed around Austraila, and named the area New South Wales.
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The American Revolution ceased Great Britain from using Georgia as a penal colony, so they came up with the idea of using Austraila.
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British convicts left on a boat to go to Austraila, the new penal colony.
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New South Wales became an official penal colony, consisting of convicts, marines, and their families.
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Transportation of prisoners stopped when loads of immigraters came.
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The Commonwealth of Austraila was established.
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In 1901, there was a restricton that immigraters must be of European descent.
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The capital changed from Melborne to Canberra.
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In 1986, the Austraila Act released its legal ties from the British Empire
