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1600
- Explorers from Europe such as Torres, Tasman, Dampier record and name parts of the coastline of new Holland.
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AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
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1770
- Captain Cook charted the east coast of Australia and claimed it British possession.
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1770
- Fishing crews from Indonesia camp on northern coast and trade with aboriginals.
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1778
- British colonisers invaded and took possession. (Aboriginal people)
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1788
- Britain establishes the colony of NSW at Sydney cove.
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1798
- Matthew flinders and George bass proved that Vandiemens Land is not an island. (Tasmania)
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1801
- Lieutenant John Murray lands at bay he calls Port Phillip.
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1802
- Lieutenant Charles Robbins lands at Vandiemens Land and proclaims it British possession.
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1803
- Matthew flinders curcumna vigation of coast shows NSW is not a large island but a part of a continent suggests Australia.
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1825
- Moreton Bay convict settlement moved and named Brisbane
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1851
- Gold rush begins near Bathurst in NSW. When the gold rush began people came to Australia.
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1868
1868.Last convicts were transported to Australia.