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First Europeans to sail to Australia were the Dutch, but they didn't settle there.
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Captain James Cook sailed around Australia
-Cook named the area New South Wales
-He ignored the Aborigines and claimed the land for England -
- Australia seemed like a good choice for sending British prisoners
*British prisoners settled in Australia
- no chance to escape, no colonies around, and few indiginous people.
- Australia seemed like a good choice for sending British prisoners
*British prisoners settled in Australia
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Government officials created boundaries for the colonies
-those boundaries are still in place today -
*British transported prisoners to until this year.
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The Commonwealth of Australia was established.
Commonwealth: a federation of states -
Melbourne served as the national capital until Canberra was completed in this year.
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- Federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines. *Aborogines went on a successful strike
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Aborigines became Australian citizens.
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Australia Act- all legal ties with the British Empire were served.
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55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an Independent Republic.
