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The Dutch were the first Europeans to sail to Australia, but they didn't settle there. Once they were attacked by the Aborigines they abandoned any further exploration.
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Captain James Cook sailed around Australia, named it New South Wales, ignored the Aborigines, and claimed the land for England.
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The British got all convicts of England on a boat and established a prison colony in Australia and shipped all of them there.
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The British people finally settled in Australia.
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New South Wales was finally a prison and the colony consisted of mainly convicts, marines, and their families
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Port Arthur, Tasmania was the destination for the hardest convicts to be sent from 1833 to 1850.
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The British transported people until 1868, now there are many free immigrants were settled in there, and they built many new things.
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Federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines
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All the legal tie they had with the British emperor are now cut.
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55% of people voted to not become independent.
