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Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon sees the Cape York penninsula
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Loss of the British Goverment's American colonies
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A camp was set up and the flag raised at Sydney Cove, Port Jackson,a date which became Australia's national day, Australia Day.
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Melbourne is chosen as the temporary seat of government while Canberra is being constructed
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Australia joins Britain in fighting World War I,