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History Of Australia

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  • British

    British

    1770: Captain James Cook sailed around Australia
  • Prisoners As Colonists

    Prisoners As Colonists

    British prisoners settled in Australia
  • New South Wales

    New South Wales

    1788-1832: New South Wales was officially a penal colony consisting mainly of convicts,marines, and the marines' families
  • Aborigines

    Aborigines

    Remants of the tribes in the settled areas were moved onto Reserves.
  • Port Arthur, Tasmania

    Port Arthur, Tasmania

    1833-1850s: It was the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals, those who were secondary offenders having re-offended after their arrival in Australia.
  • Commonwealth Of Australia

    Commonwealth Of Australia

    The Commonwealth of Australia was established.
  • Aborigines

    Aborigines

    Federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines.
  • Austalian Act

    Austalian Act

    All legal ties with the British Empire were severed.
  • Prisonrs As Colonists

    Prisonrs As Colonists

    British ships called the "First Fleet" left England with convicts to establish a prison colony.
  • Voting

    Voting

    55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic.