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The first Europeans to sail to Australia were the Dutch in 1606, but they did not get to settle in there. The Dutch made one landing, were attacked by Aborigines, and then abandoned further exploration. -
In 1770 British Captain James Cook sailed around Australia. Cook named the area New South Wales and they ignored the Aborigines living there and claimed the land for England. The sailors also mapped the eastern Australia.
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British ships called the " First Fleet" left England with convicts to establish a prison colony. -
New South Wales was officially a penal colony consisting mainly of convicts, marines, and the marines' families. -
British prisoners settled in Australia. They were brought on ships called the " First Fleet" -
This was the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals. Also it did not help the Port arthur had some of the strictest security measures of the British penal system, -
The Commonwealth of Australia was established on January 1, 1901. Melbourne served as the national capital until Canberra was completed in 1927. -
Restricted migration to people primality of European descent and was dismantled after the Second World War. -
Federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines. The government also help with the living conditions.
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All legal ties with the British Empire were severed
