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  • 1606

    The Dutch were the first Europeans to sail to Australia.

  • 1770

    Captain James Cook sailed around Australia. Cook named the area New South Wales.

  • 1787

    British ships left with convicts to establish a prison colony.
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    1788-1832

    New South Wales was officially a prison colony has mainly convicts,marines and the marines families.