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Sailors from Holland named Australia 'New Holland.'
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Captain Cook raised the British flag on Australian soil.
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Captain Cook named Australia 'New South Wales.'
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First Fleet arrived.
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Five more British colonies were created by the British government.
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Most people thought joining together as a federation would be a good idea.
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Mathew Flinders suggested the name 'Australia.'
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Governor Macquarie bought 40000 spanish silver dollars and had the middle puched out of each coin to make a new coin.
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British money became Australia's legal currency.
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Holey dollar was withdrawn.
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The Gold Rush started and it ended in 1900.
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Two thirds of Australia's European population was born in Australia.
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Sir Henry Parkes called for all the colonies to form a federal government in Tenterfield.
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In Melbourne Sir Henry Parkes decided it was time for federation.
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Second Convention was held-followed by a referendum.
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Growing sense of being Australian.
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At the First constitutional convention in Sydney with Sir Samual Griffith,Sir Henry Parkes and 46 other delegates they decided to edit the draft.
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John Quick proposed a three step process to achieve a federal constitution.
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The second constitution took place in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne in which all delegates from each colony exept Quensland attended.There they all agreed to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft.
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Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia all voted yes.
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Both members of the British parliament and Queen Victoria aproved the draft and it was then enacted as a section of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act.
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The national flag was first flown.
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The Act was declared and Australia was now united.
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Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed-Australia became a nation.
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Indigenous Australians were not considered citizens.
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Women were given the right to vote.
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Federal parliment passed the judiciary act.
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The first Australian coins came to use.
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The first Australian note was printed.
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Voting was made compulsory for those allowed to vote.
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Post war migration started and it ended in 1970.
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Australia decided to change from the British system to decimals with 100 cents in a dollar.
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Nearly all Australians voted 'yes' in a referendum to change the constitution.
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Both New South Wales and Queensland said yes at the second referendum.
