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In 1606, the first Europeans to sail into Australia were the Dutch from the Netherlands. They didn't settle there because of Aborigines who attacked them, so they only landed there once. -
Captain James Cook sailed into Australia from England, and named Australia New South Wales. Cook ignored the Aborigines living there, and claimed the land for England. Sailors also mapped coast eastern Australia Tasmania. -
Prisoners were originally in Georgia, but because of the American Revolution the British moved them to Australia by using a ship called the "First Fleet". They settled in Australia in 1788, and Australia officially became a penal colony. -
In 1861, Government Officials made boundaries for colonies that are still in place today! -
At the end of transportation of prisoners in 1868, many of the free immigrants that already lived there settled. They built lots of buildings, farms, and more! -
In 1901, Australia established its own Commonwealth. -
The restricted people that were non-Caucasian to come to Australia. Fortunately, this ended after the Second World War. -
federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines in 1967 -
The Australia Act was when all legal ties with the British Empire were severed -
55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic.