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Aboriginals were the first inhabitors of Australia.
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The Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon explores the western coast of Cape York and has the First European meeting with Australia's Aboriginal people.
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The Industrial Revolution was the change from hand production methods to machinery methods.
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Captain James Cook claims for Britain the eastern half of the continent.
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England makes prisoners on Prison Hulks stay in old ships because the jails are cramped.
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England was shocked when there was an uprising of convicts aboard one of the Prison Hulks.
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About 40,000 convicts were sent overseas from England.
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The First Fleet arrives at Sydney Cove, and the colony of New South Wales is proclaimed.
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The whole eastern half of Australia was named New South Wales
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A convict settlement at Moreton Bay was established on the Brisbane River
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Hobart was a settlement made in Van Diemen's land
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Van Diemen's land is declared a colony.
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The first colony in Swan River was established in WA
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The colony of South Australia was established
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The Moreton Bay penal settlement is closed.
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Victoria became a separate colony
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Van Diemen's Land was renamed as Tasmania.
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South Australia became self-governing
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Queen Victoria signs a letters patent making Queensland a separate colony.
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Moreton Bay became the colony of Q.L.D
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Western Australia became a separate colony
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The federation of Australia was the process by which six seperate colonies formed one nation.
