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captain cook lands on the eastern shore of australia and claims it for great britain
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new penal colony of great britain is set up on australia after the american revolution
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many ship-fulls of people are sent to the penal colony in australia. sonn men outnumber women 20-1 ratio
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Permission was granted to change the name of the continent from "New Holland" to "Australia"
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gold rushes in australia pull it out of global economy collapse. Great waves of migration are released to come to australia
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All men over 21 years of age obtained the right to vote in South Australia.
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The Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opened.
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Uluru was first sighteed by Europeans renamed Ayers Rock
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The first attempt at a federal constitution was drafted.
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the australian flag was flown for the first time