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The english explorer William Dampier explores the west coast of Australia.
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English Lieutenant James Cook claims this continent named "New Holland" for the British Crown.
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Explorer Matthew Flinders circumnavigate this continent, and gave the name of Australia to the New South Wales.
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In this year the governor Lachlan Macquaire named for the first time this continent as Australia.
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New Zealand is proclaimed a separate country and no longer belongs to Australia.
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This day Australia becomes a federation.
