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Australia had two major indigeous groups.one of them was the aboriginal and the torres strait islander,the oldest continuous cultures in the world.
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Captain Cook syuccesfully navigates the ocean and arrives at Sydney Cove. The first fleet brought convicts from Britain and supplies and settled at Botany Bay, which they named Sydney Cove.
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An Australian named Edward Hammond Hargraves, who had been there, was certain that the same geological features were to be found in his own country
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By far the most famous son of the Glenrowan district, Ned Kelly seems to have won the hearts of the common people of his time and for more than a century on.
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Federal perliament opens in Melbourne, which serves as the capital for the next 27 years
