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In 1606 the Ducth were the first to sail around Australia but did not stay.
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In 1770 Captain James Cook was the first to explore and sail around Australia other than the Ducth but stayed.
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In the time of 1788the British came to Australia to establish prision colonies for their convicts to stay because they thought that Australia was a perfect place to leave prisioners because even if they escaped most of Australia was made up of deserts and the nearest neighbor to Australia was China and it was 2,000mi away.
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In 1861 the government officals created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today.
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The British stopped sending prisioners to Australia.
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In 1901 the Common Wealth of Australia was established.
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Melbourne served as national capital until Canberra was completed in 1927.
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Federal gov. began to pass laws to help Aborigines.
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Australia Act: legal ties with the British Empire were served/
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55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic. That means that the Australians wanted to keep their Queen.
