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The Australian History

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  • The Dutch

    The Dutch

    The Dutch had came to Australia, but are driven off by the Aborigines and abandon further exploration, and never came back.
  • William Dampier

    William Dampier

    Explorer William Dampier explores the west coasts of Australia.

  • Captain James Cook discovery

    1770
    Captain James Cook sailed arounf Australia, and claims Australia and names it New South Wales for England

  • The british prison colony

    The British decide to use Australia as a prisoner colony,

  • New South Wale

    1788-1832
    New South Wales is an official penal colony

  • The penal colony

    Britain makes its first sail to Australia to make it into a penal colony and establishes and settles in Port Jackson with British convicts

  • Prisioners jobs

    1810
    Prisoners are used for working such as building hospital, bridges, builings, houses, and roads.

  • Government Officials

    1861
    Government officials create boundaries for the colonies

  • The American Revolution

    1868
    Britain stops sending convicts to New South Wales because of the American Revolution. Tried to make another Prison Colony.

  • The Commonwealth

    1901
    The Commonwealth of Australia is established