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Captain cook discovers Australia and charters the east coast and claims it for Britain.
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The new outpost was put to use as a penal colony, the First Fleet of 11 ships carrying 1,500 people, half of them convicts
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Hobart Town is established in Van Diemens Land which is now known as Tasmania.
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Port Arthur opens as a penal settlement in Tasmania.
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Transportation to new South Wales was abolished
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Gold rush begins near bathurst in new south wales
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The last convicts are shipped to Tasmania.
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The last convicts are transported to Australia
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The last full blooded Tasmanian aboriginal, Truganini, dies.
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Australian troops fight in World War 1.
