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The First europeans to sail to Australia Were the Dutch from the Netherlands in 1606 but , they did not settle because they were attacked by the Aborigines.
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Captain James Cook sailed around Australia. Cook named the area New South Wales. Ignoed the aboriginees and claimed the land for england
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American Revolution forced the British to stop sending prisoners to Georga .Great Britian had to start looking for another place to place its prisoners. Australia seemed like a good choice
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From 1788 to 1832 New south Wales was an official penal colony.British /transported prisoners to Australia til 1868
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Colony of Australia began with establishment of Port Jackson in New South Wales
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Great Britian saw Australia was a good place to put its navy.Also it had oppurtunities for trading with Asia and the Americas.
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British made there convicts go on work duty and build up Australia
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1833-1850 british destenation for its hardest convicted criminals,or those who were re-offenders
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1861 -government officials created boundariesfor the coloniesthat are still used today
