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Captain James Cook sailed around Australia and named is New South Wales
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British established the penal colony.
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They began to bring the prisoners over.
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The Penal Colony consisted of the prisoners, marines(guards), and the marines family.
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The hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals, those who
were secondary offenders having re-offended after their
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The government created boundaries for the colonies which are still in place today.
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The British stopped stopped transporting prisoners and free immigrants started to settle.
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The commonwealth of Australia was established.
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The Act of 1901 was put in place. This restricted migration of people with European descent. It was dismantled after WWII.
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Melbourne was no longer the capital.
