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First Europeans to sail to Australia were the
Dutch (Netherlands) in 1606, but they didn’t
settle there -
Captain James Cook sailed around
Australia
Cook named the area New South Wales
Ignored the Aborigines living there & claimed
the land for England -
British ships
called the “First Fleet”
left England with
convicts to establish a
prison colony -
British
prisoners settled in
Australia -
New South Wales was officially a
penal (prison) colony consisting mainly of
convicts, marines (guards), and the marines’
families -
New South Wales was officially a
penal (prison) colony consisting mainly of
convicts, marines (guards), and the marines’
families -
Non prisoner colonization continued…
Major coastal settlements became 7
independent colonies -
the Commonwealth of Australia was established
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Federal government began to pass legislation to help Aborigines
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Australia Act all legal ties with British empire were severed
