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The Discovery
The Dutch discover the southern islands in 1606. They land there and get attacked by the indigenous peoples called the Aborigines. -
The British Take the Land
In 1770 Captain James Cook travels to the islands and claimed the land for Britain, ignoring the Aborigines living there. -
The Convicts Migrate
In 1787 the British send convicts to the Australian islands because of the american revolution and can't send them to Georgia. The prisoners sent were charged with starting riots, stealing, or things like that. Murderers were not sent because of the death penalty. -
Colonization of the Convicts
Form 1788 to 1868 the convicts kept on coming. 20% of the prisoners were woman. People were actually trying to get there because of how expensive it was to live in Britain -
The Thugs Get Serious
The sentence for getting sent to australia was getting more severe and people that were sent was people that had been offenders of any kind and people that were offenders on the arrival to australia. -
The commonwealth rise
In 1901 people started to live in australia and there was a commonwealth. -
There is a capital
In 1927 there was an established capital of canberra. -
Protect the Aborigines
People started to pass laws to protect the aboriginal people. Also they gave them land to live in. -
Bye to the Brits
All ties with the british people were severed -
We don't want independence!
55% of people who voted in 1999 rejected the idea of becoming an independant
