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Lieutenant James Cook claims the East coast for Australia
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• From 1788 - 1850 was a period of exploration, frontier war, and new
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First Settlement which is today Sydney
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Explorers George Bass and Matthew Flinders joiurneyed around Tasmania proving it was an island.
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The first convicts from England came to Australia
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In Northern New South Wales approxiametly 28 men, women and chidlren were murdered by 12 stockmen
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• 1850 - 1860 was the Great Australian Gold Rush, the colonies experienced
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Black Thursday Bushfires
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The Eureka Rebellion was an armed conflict which is attributed to as the birth of democracy in Australia.
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• 1860 - 1870 is considered the 'heyday' of the Bushrangers. It is believed
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• 1891 - 1896 Queensland is in civil war between the armed unions against government forces. Large skirmishes, attacks on wool sheds, and naval battles take place across the colony.
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Australia fights in the Boer War.
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In Victoria, the 1900 act for the removal of part-aboriginal children in the hands of the Minister with no right of appeal to court. They were effectively imprisoned until they reached workin age, and usually badly treated.
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Federation of Australia is the beginning of the Australian nation.
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Australia fights in WW1 - Major battles include Gallipoli, Beersheba