History of Australia

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  • History

    The Dutch/ Netherlands first to sail to Australia, but didn't stay at all.

  • James Cook

    James Cook clamed land for England in Southeast Australia and named the area New South Wales.

  • Prison Colonies

    British ships took convicts over to Australia

  • prisoners settle in

    Brisish prisoners settled in Australia. Prison colonies consisted mainly of convicts.

  • Getting establish

    Government created boundries for the colonies. Also commonwealth was establised in Australia.

  • settling in

    Britan stopped transporting pisoners over to Australia. Soon immigrants started settling there.

  • Getting started

    Melbourne served as the nationl capilal till Canberra was completed. Non-Caucasians were not alloud to imigrate to Austraila.

  • Aborigines

    Aborigine children were takened away from there families. In 1967 Federal government passed legislation to help Aborigines.

  • Australian Act

    All legal ties with the British empire.

  • Voting

    55% of the voters in Austalia rejected the idea of becoming an indipendent republic.

  • Fun Facts

    Did you know that today many Aborigines people don't even know there parents, grandparents,nor the native language. " they are a lost generation".