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The Dutch made one landing, were attacked by Aborigines, and then abandoned further exploration
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Cook named the area New South Wales
-Ignored the Aborigines living there & claimed the land for England
-Sailors also mapped th coast eastern Australia & Tasmania -
British ships called the “First Fleet” left England with convicts to establish a prison colony
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New South Wales was officially a penal (prison) colony consisting mainly of convicts, marines (guards), and the marines’ families
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remnants of the tribes in the settled areas were moved onto Reserves
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separation was an official government policy which lasted for many decades
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the Commonwealth of Australia was established.
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: federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines
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all legal ties with the British Empire were severed
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55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic.
