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First Contact
The first ever recorded contact from the outside world.
He was a Dutchman named Willem Janszoon. Picture of Willem Janszoon -
Captain Cook
Captain Cook sees the South Eastern Coast in his ship the HMS Endevaour. He names it New South Wales, a name which is stll used today. Picture of Captain James Cook -
The First Fleet
The First Fleet arrives at Camp Cove in the soon to be named Sydney. Over the next two days the other ships arrive and the fleet of seven wait ofshore for Captain Arthur Phillips order. Picture of Captain Arthur Phillip -
Invasion Day
The first English to step ashore, over the next few months diplmatic relations are attempted by the English with the indigenous but languages, the unknown and many more factors contribute to the horror of both Aboriginal and English deaths in small skirmishes. Picture of The First Fleet Landing -
Smallpox
Smallpox is unleashed upon the indigenous Aboriginals of Sydney, there are no facts that relate the English to the release of the Small Pox but there is alot of speculation that they purpousely unleashed it to destroy the population, if not then it must have come with The First Fleet itself. It's said that only three people of the Cadigal Clan, the tribe that inhabited Camp Cove, lived through the epidemic and over half of the rest of Sydney's indigenous were killed.
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Time Passes, Incidents Occur
Over the next few decades a colony arrises in Camp Cove and the Sydney region, the colony is led by Governor Arthur Phillip, several indigneous even live with the English but continued tensions and the English hunting the land create many small skirmishes and massacares, hundreds, if not thousands of Aborignals are killed.
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Tasmania is Doomed
Englishmen in Tasmania are given the permission to shoot the tasmanian aborignals on sight.
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Cricket
The first ever Australian cricket team. It is entireley composed of Aboriginals but there is no significant historic writings of the team. -
No More Tasmania
The last Tasmanian Aboringal, Turgani, dies.
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Evidence
Archeological Evidence of the Aboringals being in Australia for over 20,000 years is found.
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The Stolen Generation
The English are given permission to steal aboriginal children from thier parents and indoctrinate them into thier own world, making them 'civilised' was the English's justification for it.
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War
World War II begins and even though Aboriginals are not recognised as citizens they are stll conscripted to fight and two units entirley composed of Aborignals are sent to fight in The Pacific and Europe.
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An End to Suffering
This is the official date that the Stolen Generation ended. Although it was made illegal to do so some kiddnappings still took place for several years.
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Oldest Culture Ever?
On November 2nd, 2000 archeological evidence (simliar to the evidence found in 1901) was discovered which leads back to over sixty thousand years ago, making them if not the oldest then one of the oldest culutes in the entie world.
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We are Sorry
On February 13th a formal apology to the indigenous was released by the new Prme Minister Kevin Rudd, he personaly apoligised for the Stolen Generation.
