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The exploration
exploration of the Dutch in Australia -
The differents travels
Captain James Cook sailed around Australia, he named the area New South Wales and he ignored the Aborigines living there and claimed the land for England. They did three travels including New Zealand, Hawaiian islands etc... -
The departure to Australia
The British ships left England with covicts to establish a prison colony. -
The colonization
British prisoners settled in Australia -
The formalizing of the status of Australia
New South Wales was officially a penal colony consisting mainly of convicts, marines, and the marines families. -
The boudaries for the colonies
Government officials created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today. -
The transport of prisoners
British transported prisoners to Australia until 1868. -
Adoption for a law to help the Aborigines
Federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines. -
Australia breaks contact with the British empire.
Australia Act all legal ties with the British Empire were severed. -
Rejection of voters to return an independant republic
55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming a indpendant republic.
