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The Dutch
1st Europeans to sail to Australia were dutch -
Period: to
Aja's History of Australia
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Capitain James Cook
Captain James Cook sailed around Australia -
British prisoners
British prisoners setteled in Australia. -
Boundries
Government officail created boundries for the colonies that are still in place today. -
British Transport Prisoners
British transported prisoners until 1868 -
Commonwealth of Australia
Commonwealth of Australia was established. -
Melbourne
Melbourne served as the national capital until Canberra was completed in 1927. -
Fedral Gov.
Fedral gov. began to pass legaslation to help the Aborigines. -
Australian Act
All legal ties with the idea of independent republic. -
Voters
55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic.