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Captain cook,the captain of the HMB Endeavour, claims Australia for the British crown. -
Australia has passed through a lot of events, changing its popularity, culture and economy.
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1rst colony with 50 convicts and their Marine guards and officers .They coasted at Botany Bay , they made the voyage with 9 transport ships and 2 small warships. People that came , were in majority prisonners taken from overcrowded prisons. -
In order to live a new life, the first free settlers arrive in Australia.In fact ,free settlers chose to come to Australia for a variety of reasons, primarily driven by economic opportunities, social factors, and the promise of a better life. -
A new colony is set up for convicts on Tasmania.Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania. Later on, free settlers started to follow it. -
The population exceeded 200,000 around 1840, (so 100000 were born in Australia ),more than 400,000 a decade later, and 1,000,000 by the late 1850s, due to the gold rush. -
John Lister and William Tom, trained by Edward Hargraves, found 120 grams of gold in Ophir in New South Wales -
The Legislative Council of the newly created colony of Victoria was established. -
Four of the five colonies of Australia granted "self-government". They managed most of their own affairs but are still part of the British Empire. -
On 6 June 1859 , Queen Victoria signed the letters patent to establish the colony of Queensland, separating it from New South Wales and thus establishing Queensland as a self-governing Crown colony with responsible government. -
After the discovery of gold in Australia, many States in the US decided to find more gold. Today, gold rush is still present in both countries
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Now over 80% of people in Australia were born there. The six colonies meet to draw up a set of rules about how to run Australia as a united country, independent of Britain. -
It permitted to six territories ( New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania ) to be self-governed. -
All the territories form one 'federation' with its own Parliament. unfortunately, British monarch remains the head of state.