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First Descovered
The Dutch found Australia first but did not settle there because when they did first come to Australia, the Aboriginies attacked, causing the Dutch to cancel further exploration. -
Discovered and Taken
Captin James Cook came to Australia for the British. In this act, he named and claimed New South Wales. He ignored the Aborigines in this, and claimed this new land for Great Britan. After a while, Britan had to stop sending their prisoners to Georgia and decided that Australia is a great place to send them because prisoners had no chance of escape, no colonies around it, and there were very few indigenous people residing in this area. -
First Fleet
The first ship of prisoners were sent to Australia from Britan. The biggest prison made was made in Tasmania and the prison is called Post Artur. -
Settled
The prisoners got settled in Australia -
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Official Prison Grounds
New South Wales was the official prison ground consisting of convicts, marines, and the marines's families. 20% of these convicts were woman -
Aborigines
The Aborigines went through "invasion" stages. Some Aborigines were separated from their families and some were even killed beause on "nusinence". At this time, the Aborigines were sent to Reserves which forbid the parents to teach children about their language and customs. This lasted for years. -
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Post Arthur
This was the destination for the most notorious convicts who were second-offense characters who were British and Irish. This prison was the strictest! Tales say that convicts commited murder or suicide to end and escape camp life. -
Colinizing
Australia is separated into 7 colinies. -
Stopped the Prisoners Transportation
Prisoners halted the trasportation between Britan and Australia because free immagrants started to come to this country and building businesses, trading posts, farms, etc. -
"White Australia"
The Immigration Act of 1901 restricted migrated to people, primarily of European desent. This act was dismantled after World War 2. Now, there's a non-discriminatory policy to allow a home to people from more than 200 countries. -
Legislation
There was a legislation to help the Aborigines imporve the comditions that they were under. -
Equal Rights
Everything then became equal between the Aborigines. -
Weird Vote
55% of Australians rejected being an independent republic -
Australia Act
The Australia Act and all legal ties with Britan were severed. -
Nowadays with the Aborigines
Today, because of the rejection of culture and language in the Reserves back in 1830, many Aboridines don't know where they desended from. Sometimes, they don't even know the names of their parents or granparents.
