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Australia Colony.

  • 1606-Dutch Discovery

    1606-Dutch Discovery
    When the dutch discovered Australia and decided to leave it there.
  • Captin James Cook

    Captin James Cook
    James cook sailed all the way around Australia, and ignored the people there. He also named it New Whales.
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    Banished

    The Europeans decided to finally boot all the convicts to Australia it only took 2 years.
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    The Penal Colony

    From 1788 to 1832, New South Wales was officially a penal colony consisting mainly of convicts, marines , and the marines’ families.Only 20% of the first convicts were woman.
  • Boating Adventure.

    Boating Adventure.
    They finally got a good amount of prisoners on the boats and shoved them to Australia.
  • Final Transportation

    Final Transportation
    The British stopped shipping people to Australia.
  • Australia's States

    Australia's States
    Australia was decided into 5 states, and if you were from direct European decent they said you weren't allowed to be banished.
  • Construction of Canberra

    Construction of Canberra
    Melbourne served as the national capital until Canberra was completed.
  • Helping The Aborigines

    Helping The Aborigines
    Australia's government began to pass legislation to help aborigines.
  • Austalia is Free

    Austalia is Free
    Australia severed the legal ties with the British.