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the first europeans to visit were the dutch but they didn't stay there
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captian james cook left england to explore the south seas
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british ships called the first fleet left england with a bunch of convicts to establish a prison colony
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in 1788 england sent a crew to australia to begin building to house convicts
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in 1788-1823 the colony of new south whales was a penal(prison) colony housing many convicts, marines, and families of marines
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port author wass the destonation for the hardest of convicts
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government officials created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today
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british transported prisoners to australia until 1868
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the austarlians experianced a gold rush in the 19th century
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the commonwealth of australia was established
