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Roughly 60,000 years ago Australia had its first inhabitants. They came over from Papa new guinea. Its believed that they made their way here in a primitive type of boat or raft.
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Sometime during 1606 the dutch visited the west coast of Australia. they didn't see anything but dust and desert so they decided to not inhabit Australia.Although they did leave a marking that they bolted into a tree that is still there today.
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at this the convicts were transported from England to Australia because there wasn't enough room in the British cells.
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during the gold rush people from all around the world came to visit Australia especially from Europe and China
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the eureka stockade was a fight back by the community to get more rights in the gold rush
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Federation was the time in which all 6 British governing colonies came together to form the commonwealth of Australia.