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Captain Cook arrived in Australia
Captain James Cook was sent on a mission to discover 'Terra Australis' and 'discovered' the south east coast of Australia, landing in Botany Bay. He claimed the whole of the east coast of Australia, naming the east coast of Australia as 'New South Wales.' -
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WW1
Australia’s involvement in the First World War began when Britain and Germany went to war on 4 August 1914, The outbreak of war was greeted in Australia, as in many other places, with great enthusiasm.
