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The first fleet arrives at 1788 with around 80 convicts. This was the beginning of a new colony in Australia. They had to be careful because other countries were trying to take over Australia like the French.
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Thomas Barratt was hanged for stealing from a store. This was the first death.
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The first government conservation order was that no trees should be chopped down within 15 metres of the stream that went down to Sydney Cove.
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The last remaining cow was killed.
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5 out of the 6 ships have arrived. The colony was gripped by a food crisis.
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The third fleet was coming. Only the first one. :(
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Sydney cove was wrecked and some survivors traveled from Bass Straight to Port Jackson, enabling the rescue of others.
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A settlement was founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemens Land by John Bowen.
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The Bank of New South Wales, opened in Macquarie Place, Sydney. Later on, this was renamed Westpac in 1982.
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A penal colony was founded in Moreton bay, now the city of Brisbane.
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The Sydney Herald later to be called the Sydney Morning Herald was first published.
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New Zealand was now a separate colony, no longer part of new south whales.
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Western Australia became a separate colony or state.
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All the states become separate.
