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Captain james cook sailed around Australia, he named a area new south wales, ignored the aborigines, claimed the land for England. -
the american revolution forced the british to stop sending prisoners to georgia australia seemed like a good chioce, because there is no way to escape, no help or colonies around it very few indgenous people were their. 1778 to 1850s it was the hardest of convicted british and irish criminals who were seconday offenders having re-offered after they arrived in Australia. in the 1830s remants of the tribes in the settled areaa were moved to reserves and could not pass on their unique culture.
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government officials created boundaries for the british colonies that are still in place today. -
the Commonwealth of australia was established and restricted immigration act of 1901= immigration to people primary of European desent (dismantled after WWII) today OZ is ome to more than 200 countries.
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federal government began to pass legislation to help the aborigines in march aboriginal farmers changed political history by extending a demand for equal wages to a declaration of thier rights of ownership of traditional lands, this was australia's first successful land claims by its ingenious peoples. -
55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic.