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The Dutch made one landing, were attacked by Aborigines, and then abandoned further exploration -
Cook named the area New South Wales.
Ignored the Aborigines living there & claimed the land for England -
British ships called the “First Fleet” left England with convicts to establish a prison colony -
British prisoners settled in Australia -
remnants of the tribes in the settled areas were moved onto Reserves -
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.
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the Commonwealth of Australia was established. -
Immigration Restriction Act of 1901: restricted migration to people primarily of European descent. This was dismantled after the Second World War. -
Australia Act -- all legal ties with the British Empire were severed -
55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic.
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