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Aborigenese were the original inhabitants of Australia and lived there unconquered until 1870.
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Dutch built a settlment in Australia but didn't stay there for long due to fights with the natives
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Captain James Cook explored Australia and the Cook Islands (which were named after him) and claimed the land for England and ignored the Aborigenes.
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The First Fleet wnt to Australia (due to the American Revolution forced England to stop sending prisoners, and that Australia had no chance of prisoners escaping and had very few indigenous) England crated a penal (prison) colony in Australia.
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By this time, non-conict settlers started coming, therefore England decided to stop sending prisoners to Australia.
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Government officials crated boundaries for each colony.
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The Commonwealth of Australia was established
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The Australian Government created a "White Australia" Policy, which only let Caucasians come to Australia.
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Europeans started using the Aborigines to work on their plantations, put them in reserves, or killed them, and the Aborigines weren't allowed to speak about their culture.
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Australians began to help the Aborigines to regain their culture.
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The Australian Government severs all legal ties with England.
