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Somewhere along the 1500's it is said that Indonesian fisherman had travelled through Norther Australia
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James Cook spotted and claimed the east coast of Australia and named it New South Wales
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James Cook first sights the East Coast of Australia
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The First Fleet of 11 ships, led by Governor Arthur Phillip, departed from Great Britain for Australia to begin European colonisation.
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The fleet comprised six ships: one Royal Navy escort, four convict ships, and a supply ship.
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The first ship of the Third Fleet arrived at Sydney Cove.
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The Victorian Gold Rush begins -
Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
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In 1859, the colony of Queensland was separated from New South Wales and became it's own state
