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The Dutch sell to Australia.
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James cook sailed around Australia
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First fleet left England with convicts to establish a prison colony.
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New south wales was officially a penal colony
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The destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals.
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British transported prisoners to Australia until 1868.
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Commonwealth of Australia was established.
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The federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines.
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Australia act all legal ties with the British empire.
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55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic