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Start and Finish
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The First.
The first Europeans on Austrailia land were attacked by aborgines and stopped all further exploration. -
Captain James Cook
Captain James cook sailed around current Austrailia and named it New South Wales. he also ignored all the aborgines on the island. -
Alas, The war is over!
he American Revolution is finally over, bad news for the brits, no more prisoners in Georgia. Georgia was formally used as a penal colony. -
Set sail to the sea
The ship called the "First Fleet" made it's way to Australia from England. -
Land!
Finally those prisoners made it to Australia, the new penal colony -
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New south wales, the penal colony
However prisoners didn't stop getting shipped over to Australia until1868 -
The Commonwealth of Australia
the government created boundaries that separated colonies that are still in place today -
AUSTRALIA!
January 1 1901 Australia was founded as a continent -
Aborgines
The federal government began to pass a law to help the aborgines -
Australia act
All legal ties with the British empire were severed -
Decline
55% of all voters declined the idea of becoming independent
