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The Dutch (Netherlands) were the first to spot Australia but didn't stay because they were attacked by the Aborigines.
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He sailed along the Eastern coast of Australia and claimed it for Britain, later naming it New South Wales.
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They went with the prisoners to the then penal colony of Australia.
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The ship arrived with prisoners on Botany Bay.
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Victoria seperated from New South Wales to become its own colony. The richest gold mines were found here.
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The British stopped because free immigrants started to move to Australia.
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When this was created, it combined the colonies in Australia into one country with states and a federal parliment.
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Canberra was completed and became the Australian capital. Melbourne was the capital until the city was built.
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They are given the right to be counted in the national census. They began to gain rights after this.
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This act ended all legal ties with Britain and made Australia its own country.
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They voted whether or not to keep ties with Britain, such as kepping it a constitutional monarchy or not, and voted not to become an independent republic.
