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First explorers
1606 Willem Janszoon
1606 Luiz Vaz de Torres
1616 Dirk Hartog
1619 Frederick de Houtman
1644 Abel Tasman
1696 Willem de Vlamingh
1699 William Dampier
1770 James Cook -
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Industrial revolution
At approximately the same time the industrial revolution was happening, Britain was undergoing an agricultural revolution, which also helped to improve living standards. There were overcrowded prisoners in Britain so they had to find a new land for them. -
Captain Arthur Phillip arrived at Sydney Cove
Captain Arthur Phillip arrived at Sydney Cove. He had instructions to establish th first British colony in Australia. At this time it was known as New Holland. New South Wales was half of the continent. -
Tasmania separates from NSW
Van Diemens Land (now known as Tasmania), separated from New South Wales to become the second colony of Australia. -
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Northern Territory
The Northern Territory was part of New South Wales. -
Diving up the land
The border of New South Wales have been moved west, with Western Australia covering the remaining third of the mainland continent. -
Britain claimed whole of Australia
Britain claimed the whole of Australia after establishing the colony of Western Australia. -
Melbourne
The settlement of Melbourne, the centre of the new colony, had been founded by John Batman after a rare "treaty" with local Wurundjeri Elders. -
South Australia
The colony of South Australia was established. The British colonists wanted their settlements to be based on free settlers, not convict labour, and to embody civil liberties. -
GOLD RUSH!
The discovery of gold at Bathurst added a further source of wealth to New South Wales. That started the Gold Rush. -
Victoria
The southern part of New South Wales broke away to become the separate colony of Australia. -
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American Civil War
Britain couldn't send any prisoners to America anymore because America won the battle. They had to send their convicts to another place. That's where they found Australia. -
The colonial borders
The colonial borders had been finalised. The continent of Australia was home to six different colonies each with its own administrations. -
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Northern Territory
The Northern Territory was part of New South Wales and South Australia.
