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Captain James Hook arrived on the east coast of Australia and claimed it for Britain.
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The First Fleet of 11 ships carrying 1500 british people (half of them convicts) arrived in Sydney Harbour on this date.
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The Aboriginal people suffered from the dispossession of their land and many illnesses brought by the settlers.
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In 1851, gold was discovered in New South Wales and Central Victoria. This discovery is going to bring a population increase.
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Australia's six state became a nation under a single constitution on the first January of 1901.
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The First World War devasted australian's population. Before the War, there were less than 3 million men in Australia. 400 000 of them volunteered for the war. It has been estimated that 60 000 died and tens of thousands were wounded.
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After the second World War, migrants from Europe ans Middle East arrived in australia to find jobs because of the booming of the manufacturing sector.
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By voting 'yes' in a national referendum, the Australians let the federal government make laws on behalf of the Aboriginal Australians and include them in future censuses.
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Gough Whitlam is elected in this year. He will abandon the White Australia policy, embrace multiculturalism, introduce no-fault divorce and equal pay for women.
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Kevin Rudd is elected and make a formal speech to apology for the mistreatment to the Aboriginals.
