History of Australia

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  • Dutch Sail To Australia, But Don't Settle

    Dutch people were the first Europeans to sail to Australia. They didn't settle because the natives chased them off.

  • James Cook Sailed Around Australia

    James Cook sailed to Australia and named it New South Wales. He claimed it for Europe, completely ignoring the natives living there.

  • "First Fleet" Left England

    British ships called the "First Fleeet" left England with convicts tyo establish a penal colony in Australia.

  • British Prisoners Settle In Australia

    British prisoners sttled their penal colony in Australia.

  • Remnants Of Aborigianl Tribes Were Moved Onto Reserves

    Thye Aborigines had beeen invaded. What was left of them was moved onto reserves.

  • Australia Stopped Being a Penal Colony

    New South Wales was offically a penal colony until 1832.

  • Toughest Prisoners Went to Port Arthur, Tasmania

    From 1833 until the 1850s, Port Arthur was where all the toughest convicts went.

  • Government Officals Create Boundaries For the Colonies

    The government officals create boundaries for the clonies which are still in place today.

  • British Stopped Transporting Prisoners to Australia

    The British stopped sending prisoners to Australia because people were settling freely there.

  • Seperatism Was an Offical Government Policy

    Seperatism was a governemnt policy that lasted for many decades.

  • The Commonwealth of Australia was Established

  • Immigraton Restriction Act of 1901

    The Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 restricted migration to people primarily of European descent. It was dismantled after WWII.

  • Canberra Becomes Australia's Capital

    Melbourne served as capital Of Australia until Canberra was completed.

  • Federal Government Began to Pass Legislation to help Aborigines.

  • Australia Act

    All legal ties with the British Empire were severed.