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In 1606 the dutch made one landing were attacked by aborigines and then abandoned further exploration -
1770 catain james cook sailed around austraila cook named the area new south wales
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britsh ships called the fist fleet left england with convictes to establish a prison colony -
new south wales was offically a penal prison colony consisting mainly of convits marines guards and the marines familes
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in additon port artu had some of the strictest security measures of the british penal system
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britsh trasnsported prisoners to austrais until 1868
by the time many free immigrants were setting there -
australi act all legal ties with the britchs empire were severed
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the commonweath of austal was established
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fedal government began to pass legislation to help the aboriginnes
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of voters rejected the idea of becoming an indepent repubic