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James Cook "discovered" Australia and claimed it for the British, naming a portion of it New South Wales.
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The British decide to make Australia a penal colony, and they send their "First Fleet" of ships filled with prisoners to the continent.
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Prior to this point, Australia was known as New Holland.
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South Australia became the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well as the first parliament ever to allow women to stand for office.
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The policy known as White Australia that restricted non-European migration to Australia is established in the country.
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The city of Canberra in the New South Wales portion of Australia is founded and designated as the capital of Australia.
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Australia follow's in Britain's footsteps and declares war on Nazi Germany.
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Howard Florey and his team of scientists develop Penicillin.
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Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations.
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The legal end of the White Australia was when the government implemented a bunch of amendments preventing the enforcement of racial parts of the immigration law.
