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The first aborigines arrived from south- Asia .
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Captain Cook explores the coast,then establishes New South whales and takes possession of Australian land for Great Britian.
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British navy captain Arthur Phillip founds settlement at Sydney. He arrived with a fleet of 11 vessels, caring nearly 800 convicts.
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Gold is found at several locations, leading to gold rushes through out the decade. The population increased in ten years pass the million mark and aborigines were treated very poorly and their population dropped.
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The country is unified, the commonwealth of Australia comes into being on 1st of January. The immigration restriction act puts a brake on non-immigration.
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Outbreak of world war I . Australia commits hundreds of thousands of troops to the British effort.
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National referendum on charges to the constitution is passed. Which excluded aboriginal people from official census is removed, another change enables federal government to pass laws on aboriginal issues.
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Australia introduces new immigration laws restrict the number of unskilled workers aloud into the country.
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The Aboriginal land rights act is passed . It is a legal turning point for aborigines, giving them the right to make claims on their ancestral land in northern territory nine years later. Uluru is returned to aborigines.
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The Australia act makes Australian law fully independent of the British parliament and legal system.
