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Britain has too many convicts in their country. They need a place to put some of their prisoners so they don't get too crowded.
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Captain James Cook discovers Australia and makes it part of Great Britain's Empire.
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Great Britain decides to send the convicts to Australia to start a new colony for Great Britain.
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When the British got there they met the indigenous people called the Aborigines. The British started to kill them off with disease and taking over the new land.
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The British people all started to flood into Australia when the people found gold there. Australia is what it is today because of the growing population during the gold rush.
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They become their own country but are still technically a domain of the UK.
