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In the 1700s the streets and jail cells of London started to overcrowd, and some criminals were on hulks because the cells were full.
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In 1770 Captain Cook discovered the eastern coast of Australia and then named it New South Wales
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Until 1783, English convicts would go to America. However, in 1783 the American war of Independence ended. The English needed a new land to send their prisoners.
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The English wanted to colonised Australia because it would benefit is so they could expand their empire and to stop other countries from gaining control.
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In 1787 the first fleet left Portsmouth and a voyage of three months the first fleet arrived at Botany Bay on the 24th of January 1788
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When the first fleet arrived at Port Jackson the British celebrated Australia Day on the 26th of January 1788 it was the first Australia Day.
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On March the 6th 1788 Norfolk island was found by the British and establish a colony in Norfolk island
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In 1789 the second Fleet was coming to Australia with food, water and other things. However, the boat got delayed from a storm
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In 1789 two Aboriginals was capture and one of them was called Bennelong and he learnt how to speak English and was then the messenger.
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Governor Phillip capture two Aboriginals and one of them was called Bennelong and Phillip and Governor Phillip had a strong bond
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From 1792 til 1815, Britain was in war with France. The British Government feared that the French might colonise in Australia
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Governor Phillip took Bennelong and another Aborigine to England in 1792 and while they were in England the Other Aboriginal got sick and died and in 1795 Bennelong decide to go back the Australia his home.
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In 1803 the British set up a new Settlement and called it Hobart in Tasmania.
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Mathew Returns from his voyage around New South Wales and New Holland and he suggests that the land should be called Australia.
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In 1810 Lachlan Macquarie became governor of New South Wales. He remained as the governor so little over a decade. He thought that it would be good for the Aboriginals to learn how to live like the white settlers.
