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the natives
the indigenous people of Australia sailed to Australia from Asia
over 40,000 years ago -
the first voyage to ausralia
The Dutch were the first europeans to sail around australia -
james cook renames australia
during this time james cook sailed around Australia. he named the land New south Whales, completely ignoring the natives -
the penal colony was made
after the American revolution Great Britian established a penal colony in Australia, which held their most dangerous criminals -
prison settled
now british prisoners settled in australia -
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prisoners at the camp
irish and british prisoners who committed serious crimes were sent to Port arthur, a penal camp in tasmainia -
stop the prisoners
this is when britian stopped transporting prisoners to Port Authour -
common wealth in australia
the Commonwealth of Australia was established. -
peace
federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines -
australia act
all legal ties with the British Empire were severed -
rejection
55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic.
