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Australia
Captain James Cook sailed around Australia. -
Australia
British ships ccalled the ''First Fleet'' left England with convicts to establish a prison colony. -
Australia
British prisoners settled in Australia. -
1788-1832
New South Wales was offically a penal colony consisting mainly of convicts, guards, and mariens' families. -
Australia
The remnants of the tribes in the settled areas were moved onto Reserves. -
Australia 1833-1850's
Destonation for hardest of the convicted British and Irish crimminals, those secondary offenders having re-offened after their arrival in Australia. -
Australia
Commonwealth of Australia was then established on January 1,1901. -
Australia
Federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aboriginals. -
Austalia
Austalian Act- all legal ties up with the British Empire were served. -
Australia
Fifty- five percent of the voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic.
