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Captain Cook claims Australia for the british
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First free settlers arrive for a new life in Australia
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First colony built in Sydney Cove
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new colony set up for convicts on Tasmania.Free settlers soon follow
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By now, about half the people living in Australia were born there
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A new province is set up, called Victoria
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Gold Rush,population now nearly half a million
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four of the five provinces of Australia granted "self-government" they manage most of their own affairs but are still part of the British empire
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Queensland,the last colony to be created,comes into existence
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By now all six provinces are "self-governing"
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Now over 80% of the people in Australia were born there.the six colonies meet to draw up a set of rules about how to run Australia as a united country, independent Britain
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The commonwealth of Australia comes into existence .all territories form one "federation" with its own parliament.But the British monarch remains the head of the state"