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James Cook reaches the east coast of Australia and claims it as belonging th the Great Britain.
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Conversion of the new outpost into a penitentiary colony and the first ships with convicts arrived.
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An English group colonizes Perth
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The British governor tries to impose a new laws for an anti authoritarian fight of the Eureka Bank.
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The transportation of convicts ceases. 160 000 men and women have been brought as convicts.
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Australia and its six states obtains independence under a single constitution.
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On the 3 million Australian men, 400 000 are volunteers to go to war. 60 000 of them will die.
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After the Great Depression the gap between social and economic divisions has increased significantly. Many companies have gone bankrupt.
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Hundreds of thousands of people migrated to Australia and quickly found work in the manufacturing sector.
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The Australian Labor Party is elected to power.
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The Liberal-National Coalition is elected to power after the defeat of the Labor Party.
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The Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd was elected to power with a schedule to reform Australia's industrial relation system, health, education sectors and climate chage policies.
