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Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook chartered the east coast and claimed it for Britain. -
Penal colony
First Fleet of 11 ships carrying 1500 people. And in 1868 the penal transprotation ended, 160 00 men and women came to Australia as convicts. -
Free settlers
They began to navigate whilethe life for prisoners was harsh. -
Gold rush
Gold was discovered in New South Wales and central Victoria. Lot of people and lot of boats arrived for it. -
Australia became a nation
Australia'six states became a nation under a single constitution. -
First world war
There were less than 3 millions men, 400 000 of them volunteered to fight in the war. It has devastating effect on Australia. -
Ended war and migrants arrived
Hundreds of thousands of migrants from across Europe and the Middle East arrived in Australia, many finding jobs in the booming manufacturing sector. -
Australia's economy
Australia's economy grew with major nation-building projects such as the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme in the mountains near Canberra. -
Aboriginals in politic
Australian voted overwhelmingly ''yes'' in a national referendum to let the federal government make laws on behalf of Aboriginal Australians and Aboriginals are included in future censuses. -
Australia Labor Party
Australia Labor Party was elected to power, for to ending the post-war domination of the Liberal and Country Party coalition.
