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The first to sail to Australia were the dutch but they were attacked so they abandoned further exploration
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James Cook exploration around Australia
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America stooped Great Britain from sending their prisoners to Georgia. So they then realized that there was an island completely surrounded by water that they could use. Which was Australia. So they then began transporting their prisoners.
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Once the British began to settle, they forced he Aborigines to move.
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It became the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals. The criminals began to arrive in 1833.
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Government officials created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today
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The government mad a policy to separate the Aborigines from the British that lasted decades
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The Commonwealth of Australia was established.
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Restricted migration to people primarily of European descent
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The government finally decided to pass a legislation to help the tribe.
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All legal ties with the British Empire were severed.
