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The first Europeans to set sail to Australia were the Dutch. The Dutch decided not to settle there after setting sail. After they landed, the Dutch were attacked by aborigines. After they were attacked, the Dutch abandoned further exploration. -
James Cook set sail to go around Australia. He renamed the area New South Wales. He ignored the aborigines living there and claimed the land for England. -
Prisoners were sent to Australia by the British because America made them stop sending prisoners to Georgia. -
New South Wales was officially a penal colony consisting of convicts, marines, and the marines' families. -
British transported prisoners to Australia until 1868. By this time, immigrants were already settling in Australia. -
Australia established it's own commonwealth in 1901. -
The restricted people that were non-Caucasian to come to Australia. Fortunately, this ended after the Second World War. -
in 1967, federal governments began to pass laws to help the aborigines. -
the Australia act is when all of the ties to any British rule or laws was cut off. -
in 1999 over half of the voters voted against becoming an independent republic.