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First Europeans to sail to Australia in 1606
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Captain James Cook sailed around Australia. Cook named it New South Wales.
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British ships called the "First Fleet" left England with convicts to establish a prison colony
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British prisoners settled in Australia.
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New South Wales was officially a penal colony consisting mainly of convicts, marines, an d the marnies' families.
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Before the Europeans arrived, around 500,000 Aborigines lived in Australia.
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Remants of the tribes in the settled areas were moved onto Reserves.
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It was the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals, those who were secondary offenders having re-offened after their arril in Australia.
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Government officals created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today.
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British transported prisoners to Australia until 1868. By this time, many free immigrants were settling there.
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All legal ties with the British Empire were served.
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Separation was an offical government policy which lasted for many decades.
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The Commonwealth of Austalia was established.
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Restricted migration to people primarilt of European descent. Which was dismantled after the Second World War.
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Served as the natioal capital until Cangerra was completed in 1927.
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Federal governments began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines.
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55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic.
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Today many Aborginal people do not know their orgines: which tribe they are descended from or the names of their parents and or grandparents. They a lost generation.
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Is a parliamenta\ry democracy (constitutional monarchy with Elizabeth II as queen.
