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Dutch sailed arond and to Australia, but did not claim it.
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Captain James Cook sailed around australia and claimed it.
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The british established australia as a prison colony.
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1788 to 1832: New South Wales was officially a penal
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From 1833, until the 1850s, it was the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals. They started sending guards.
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This is when more and more aboriginies came to australia.
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They found gold for the first time which helped withtrade and the economy.
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1967: federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines
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1986: Australia Act -- all legal ties with the British Empire were severed
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1999: 55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic.
