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Captain Cook claimed Australia for the British.
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The first colony was built in Sydney Cove.
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First free settlers arrived for a new life in Australia
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New colony set up for convicts on Tasmania. Free settlers soon followed.
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About half the people living in Australia were born there.
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Gold discovered in Australia - even more settlers arrived. Population now nearly half a million
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A new provinvce was set up - called Victoria ( the name of England's Queen at that time)
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Four of the five provinces of Australia granted "self-government". They managed most of their own affairs but are still part of the British Empire.
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Queensland, the last colony to be created, came into existence.
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The "Commonwelth of Australia" came into existence. All the territories from one "Federation" with its own Parliament. But the British monarch remained the head of State.
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Now over 80% of people in Australia were born there. The six colonies met to draw up a set of rules about how to run Australia as a united coutry, independant of Britain
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By now all six provinces or territories are "self-governing"
