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The first Europeans to sail in Australia were the Dutch from the Netherlands in 1606.
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In 1710 James cook sailed around Australia and named in New South Wales. The America Revolution forced the British to stop sending Prisoners to Georgia.
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In 1787 there were British ships called the "first fleet" that left England with convicts to establish a prison colony
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1788 to 1832 was when New South Wales was officialy a penal or prison consisting mainly of convicts, marines as guards, and marines families. -
Aborigines went through states of being conquered through an invasion and taking other peoples land. European settlers often settled with the Aborigines. -
The perfect colony was when Great Britain saw that Australia was a good location to base its Navy in the South Pacific Ocean. The Commonwealth of Australia was when Major coastal settlements became 7 independent colonies.
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White Australia was when Australia promoted a policy which was called white Australia. It would not allow whites to immigrate to Ausralia.
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This was when the country is symbolically handed back to Vincent Lingiari! -
Federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines. This was one of Australia's first successful land claims.
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This was when the Australia act which is all legal ties with the British Empire were severed
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