Australia's History

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  • Sailing

    Sailing
    Dutch sailed arond and to Australia, but did not claim it.

  • Sailin again??

    Sailin again??
    Captain James Cook sailed around australia and claimed it.

  • First fleet

    First fleet
    The british established australia as a prison colony.

  • Penal

    Penal
    1788 to 1832: New South Wales was officially a penal

  • Prison

    Prison
    From 1833, until the 1850s, it was the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals. They started sending guards.

  • Aboriginies

    Aboriginies
    This is when more and more aboriginies came to australia.

  • Gold

    Gold
    They found gold for the first time which helped withtrade and the economy.

  • Legislation

    Legislation
    1967: federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines

  • Australia Act

    Australia Act
    1986: Australia Act -- all legal ties with the British Empire were severed

  • Rejected

    Rejected
    1999: 55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic.