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European Exploration
Dutch land in Australia -
European Exploration
Captain James Cook explored Australia -
Prisoners as Colonists
First Fleet left England with prisoners to make a prison colony. -
Prisoners as Colonists
British prisoners in Australia -
Aborigines
remnants of the tribes were moved onto Reserves -
New South Wales
New South Wales officially a prison -
Port Arthur, Tasmania
From 1833, until the 1850s, Port Arthur, Tasmaniawas was the prison for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals. -
Commonwealth of Australia
The government created boundaries for the colonies. -
Australia Today
every legal ties with the British Empire were cut -
Australia Today
55% of voters did not want to beome an independent republic.