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The Britsh set up the first penal colony in Botany Bay to house the convicts from England. This colony because the first colony in NSW
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It was the first official settlement that was established. It became a place of secondary punishment for convicts.
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The Britsh government claimed the whole new holland they named it Western Australia.
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In 1862 Queensland's western boundary, north of latitude 26°south, was moved further west to give it access to a possible northern port. In 1863 the area of New South Wales north of South Australia was added to South Australia.
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Then South Australia was created, it was taken from the southern part of NSW
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North Australia was created with its main settlement of Port Curtis. But then it failed after six months and then the new colony was reincorporated into NSW.
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The area became a colony of Victoria that was separated with NSW, where the border was mostly along the Murray River.
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Queensland was created by the Eastern South Australian border and separating it from NSW.
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South Australia gained the New South Wales ‘panhandle’ when the western border was continued to the West Australian border.