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On the 20th of April 1770, Captain Cook on the Endeavour made the first European sighting of the Eastern Coast of Australia.
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Aurthur Phillip, British navy captain founda a penal settlement at Sydney. He arrived with a fleet of 11 vessels, carrying 800 convicts.
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Outbreak of World War I. Australia commits hundreds of thousands of troops to the British war effort.
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The Great Depression following the Wall Street Crash his Australia hard.
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National referendum on changes to constitution is passed. Section which excluded Aboriginal people from official census is removed. Another change enables federal government to pass laws on Aboriginal issues.
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