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In 1770 Captain James Cook discovered and settled in Australia and claimed it to be New South Whales.
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1787 British sent the "First Fleet" to make Australia a Penal Colony.
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Natives were forced onto reservations
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The worst convicts went to Port Arthur Australia
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In 1868 the British stopped using Australia as a penal colony
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1901 The commonwealth of Australia was established
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Canberra became the capital of Australia
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The government made laws to try and help the Aborigines
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All legal ties with the British Empire were severed from Australia.
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Australian citizens denied an independent government and kept a Monarch.
