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First Europeans to sail to Australia were the Dutch in 1606, but they didn’t settle there. The Dutch made one landing, were attacked by Aborigines, and then abandoned further exploration
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Cook named the area New South Wales and ignored the Aborigines living there. He claimed the land for England
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It consisted mainly of convicts, marines (guards), and the marines’ families. Only 20% of the first conficts were women.British transported prisoners to Australia until 1868.
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Remnants of the tribes in the settled areas were moved onto reservations. They were forbidden from teaching their children their language and customs.
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From 1833, until the 1850s, it was the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals, those who were secondary offenders having re-offended after their arrival in Australia. Port Arthur had some of the strictest security measures of the British penal system.
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Melbourne served as the national capital until Canberra was completed in 1927.
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It restricted migration to people primarily of European descent.
This was dismantled after the Second World War. Today, Australia has a global, non-discriminatory policy and is home to people from more than 200 countries! -
In March, striking Aboriginal farmers changed political history by extending a demand for equal wages to a declaration of their rights of ownership of traditional lands.
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All legal ties with the British Empire were severed.
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55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic. Australia is still a British dominion.
