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The Dutch made one landing, were attacked by Aborigines, and then abandoned further exploration. -
Cook named the area New South Wales and ignored the Aborigines living there & claimed the land for England. -
British ships called the “First Fleet” left England with convicts to establish a prison colony. -
British prisoners settled in Australia. -
New South Wales was officially a penal (prison) colony consisting mainly of convicts, marines (guards), and the marines’ families.
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From 1833, until the 1850s, it was the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals, those who were secondary offenders having re-offended after their arrival in Australia.
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The Commonwealth of Australia was established. -
It was widely seen as affirmation of the Australian people’s wish to see its government take direct action to improve the living conditions of Aborigines. -
All legal ties with the British Empire were severed. -
55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic.
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