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Captain James Cook sailed around australia.
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British ships called the “First Fleet” left England with convicts to establish a prison colony
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British prisoners settled in Australia
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remnants of the tribes in the settled areas were moved onto Reserves
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European surveyor visited the rock and named it after Sir Henry Ayers, an English government official in South Australia.
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First Europeans to cross the desert named it after British Queen Victoria
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Australia created Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park around Ayers Rock.
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Immigration Restriction Act : restricted migration to people primarily of European descent
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Federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines
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Australia Act: all legal ties with the British Empire were severed
