significant events that led to the establishment of British colonization
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Dirk Hartog was a 17th-century Dutch sailor and explorer. Dirk Hartog's expedition was the second European group to land in Australia and the first to leave behind an artifact to record his visit, the Hartog plate.
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During the 18th century, enclosures were regulated by Parliament; a separate Act of Enclosure was required for each village that wished to enclose its land.
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The industrial revolution began
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The British Government began transporting convicts overseas to American colonies in the early 17th century. The majority of convicts were transported for very small crimes.
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house of commons decided that NSW was a sutible place for a penal colony
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Captain Arthur Phillip led a fleet of 11 ships on a 252-day journey halfway around the world
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On 26 January 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip sailed into Port Jackson and raised the British flag to say that this country is now NSW
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was a Royal Navy officer and the first Governor of New South Wales who founded the British penal colony that later became the city of Sydney, Australia.
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Of the 1006 convicts transported aboard the Fleet, one quarter died during the voyage and around 40 per cent were dead within six months of arrival in Australia.
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the first group of free settlers arrived at Port Jackson aboard the Bellona. There were five men, two women and six children.
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was a British officer and the fifth Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821
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gold rush in Australia began in May 1851 after Edward Hargraves claimed to have discovered gold near Orange, at a site he called Ophir. Hargraves had been to the Californian goldfields and had learned new gold techniques such as panning.
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The Eureka Rebellion was a rebellion in 1854, instigated by gold miners in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, who revolted against the colonial authority of the United Kingdom.
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Ned Kelly is most famous for having a bullet proof suit but not for his legs he is also famous for being an outlaw
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George Washington Thomas Lambert was an Australian artist, known principally for portrait painting and as a war artist during the First World War
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The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia
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1901 to 1903
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second Australian prime minister he severed for three separate terms – 1903 to 1904, 1905 to 1908, and 1909 to 1910.
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was an Indigenous Australian man from the Torres Strait Islands known for his role in campaigning for Indigenous land rights and for his role in a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia which overturned the legal doctrine of Terra nullius ("nobody's land") which characterized Australian law with regard to land and title.
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13th Feb
kevin rudd says sorry about how the Europeans started the stolen generation
