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The dutch sail to Australia, they were the first Europeans to sail in Australia but not settle there.
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James Cook who was a captain, sailed around Australia. James named the area New South Wales, he also ignored the Aborigines living there. Claiming the land for England. -
The British shipped a boat named "First Fleet" and exited England with thoughts to make a prison colony. -
New South Wales was offically a penal colony consisting mainly of convicts, marines, and the marine's familys.
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From 1833, to 1850, it was the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals, those who were secondary offenders having re-offended after their arrival in Australia.
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Government officals created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today.
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British stopped transporting prisoners in 1868.
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Free immigrants were settling there.
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The commonwealth of Australia was established.
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Melbourne served as the national capital until Canberra was completed in 1927.