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In 1606, the first Europeans to explore Australia were the Dutch (Netherlands), but they had cancelled further explorations when they were attacked by the Aborigines.
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In 1770, British sailor James Cook discovered Australia and, Without noticing the Aborigines living there, then changing the name to New South Wales.
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Great Britian planned to make Australia a penal colony, so they called their 11 ships with prisoners the "First Fleet" then they set sail for Australia.
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The British finally land in Australia andclaim and colonize the area.
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New South Wales now officialy became a penal country for Great Britian.
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Britian made an immigrant restriction for Australia saying you could only immigrate to Australia if you are a european descent.
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Aborigines took to civil right movements to be treated like British people.Aborigine farmers also took part to earn more wages for their work. The government then passed rights and freedoms for Aborigines.
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Australia Act -- all legal ties with the British Empire were severed.
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55% of voters did not want Australia to be an independent republic.
