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Dutch people were the first Europeans to sail to Australia. They didn't settle because the natives chased them off.
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James Cook sailed to Australia and named it New South Wales. He claimed it for Europe, completely ignoring the natives living there.
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British ships called the "First Fleeet" left England with convicts tyo establish a penal colony in Australia.
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British prisoners sttled their penal colony in Australia.
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Thye Aborigines had beeen invaded. What was left of them was moved onto reserves.
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New South Wales was offically a penal colony until 1832.
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From 1833 until the 1850s, Port Arthur was where all the toughest convicts went.
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The government officals create boundaries for the clonies which are still in place today.
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The British stopped sending prisoners to Australia because people were settling freely there.
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Seperatism was a governemnt policy that lasted for many decades.
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The Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 restricted migration to people primarily of European descent. It was dismantled after WWII.
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Melbourne served as capital Of Australia until Canberra was completed.
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All legal ties with the British Empire were severed.