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First Europeans to sail to Australia were the Dutch (Netherlands) ,but they didn’t settle there.
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Including Dutch EAst Indies,Australia,and New Zealand.(The red math)
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Cook named the area New South Wales. Sailors also mapped the coast eastern Australia & Tasmania Sailors .
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British ships lefted England w/ convicts to make a prison colony.
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New South Wales was officially a penal (prison) colony consisting mainly of convicts, marines (guards), and the marines’ families.
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British prisoners settled in Australia in 1788.
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Remnants of the tribes in the settled areas were moved onto Reserves.They were forbidden from teaching their children their language and customs.
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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 untill 1868
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Commonwealth of Australia was established.
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Melbourne served as the national capital until Canberra was completed.
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federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines
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All legal ties with the British Empire were severed.
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55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic..
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separation was an official government policy which lasted for many decades.Today, many Aboriginal people do not know their origins: which tribe they are descended from or the names of their parents and or grandparents. They are a lost generation.
