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Dutch were the first Europeans to sail to Australia
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Captain james cook sailed around Australia's coast
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British ships called "First Fleet" left england with convicts to establish a prison colony
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Aborigines went through the stages of being conquerd through an invasion and taking of their land
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Convicts were seen as a source of labor to advance and develop the British colony
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New South Wales was officially a penal colony consisting mainly of convicts
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Australia was the destination for the hardes of convicted British
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British transported prisoners to Australia until 1868, and free immigrants were settling there
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Seperation became an officialy governmet
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The common wealth of Australia was established
