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in 1606, the dutch came from the netherlands to australia but did not settle there. when they arrived, the aborigines attacked them which stopped further exploration
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in 1770, captain james cook sailed around australia and named an area new south wales then claimed the land for england
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british ships, known as the "first fleet", sailed away from england to start their new life in australia and even brought convicts with them to turn australia into a penal colony
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in 1788, british prisoners began to settle in australia
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from 1788 to 1832, new south wales officially becomes a penal colony that consists of mainly convicts, marines, and the marines families
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from 1833 to the 1850's, the british moved the worst convicts to tasmania
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in 1861, the government began to create boundaries for the colonies
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the british continued to transport prisoners to australia until 1868
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on january 1st of 1901, the commonwealth of australia had been established
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in 1971, stone tools are found in a quarry located in new south wales that showed people lived there 12, 000 years earlier
