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Dutch entering Australia
The Dutch entered Australia on January 28th in 1606. The Dutch did not settle in Australia. In the Dutch's first landing they were attacked by the Aborigines that lived on the land. -
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Australian colonization
Colonization of Australia took far to long to occour. It took a total of 380 years for everything to be complete. -
Naming Australia
In 1770, captain James Cook. Sailed around Australia. He also named it New South Australia. Then he claimed the land for England, after he ignored the Aborigines. Finally, sailors mapped Eastern Australia. -
set sail
Some British ships left England to establish a prision colony. -
New South Wales
From 1788 through 1832 New South Wales was officially a prision consisting mainly of convicts guards and the guards families. Until 1868 british transported prisioners to Australia. -
Settling in Australia
The british settled in Australia in 1788 -
prisioner transportation
until 1868 British transported prisoners to Australia. -
commonwealth
In 1901 the Common Wealth of Australia was formed. -
aborigine farmers fight back
Aborigine farmers demanded to have equal wages as the people who stole their land. -
helping the aborigines
The government started to help the Aborigines. -
Australia Act
The Australia Act was made in 1986. Which was when all of the legal ties of the British Empire were served.
