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the Dutch sail to Australia, but do not settle there
They were attacked by Aboriginies the second they reached land -
ignored the Aboriginies and claimed it for England
Cook named it New South Wales -
British ships that were sent to Australia after the American Revolution to turn New South Wales (Austalia) into a penal colonie (a prison colonie)
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New South Wales became an official colonie
Consisted of prisoner, guards, and the families of guards -
Secondary offenders were sent where
Some tales say that many convicts committed murder ( a crime with the punishment of death) to ecsape the camps
those that id were sent to the Island of the Dead an island where dead inghabitants of the island went -
Major sttlements turned into seven colonies
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Prisoners stopped being transported to New South Wales
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Commonwealth of Australia was established
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Canberra replaced Melbourne as the capital of Australia
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All legal ties with Britain were servered
