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James Cook sailed around Australia. Named the area: New South Wales and took the land from the Aborigines and claimed it for England.
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British ships (First Fleet) left England with convicts to establish prison colony
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1788-1832
New South Wales is officially a penal colony -
Remanding Aborigines were moved from the areas to reserves. European settlers separated them from society.
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Port Arthur, Tasmania is the home for the hardest of convicts.
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British transported prisoners to Australia until
1868. -
January 1, 1901: the Commonwealth of
Australia was established. -
Melbourne served as the national capital until
Canberra was completed in 1927 -
1967: federal government began to pass legislation to help
the Aborigines -
1986: Australia Act -all legal ties with the
British Empire were severed
