timeline of the steps of the independance of Australia JEANNOT BONNISSEAU VERNAY
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Captain Cook claims Australia for the British
The expedition of English Lieutenant James Cook aboard the HMS Endeavour mapped the east coast and claimed it for the British crown. -
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colonization to independence
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First colony built in Sydney Cove
Early in the morning, Captain Phillip took a party ashore at Sydney Cove, raised the British colors and officially proclaimed British sovereignty over New South Wales. In a sunset ceremony, Phillip and the officers drank to the health of the king and the royal family, and to the success of the new colony. -
First free settlers arrive for a new life in Australia
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New colony set up for convicts on Tasmania.
Free settlers soon follow -
By now, about half the people living in Australia were born there.
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Gold disovered in Australia
Even more settlers arrive. Population now nearly half a million -
A new province is set up
A new province was created, Victoria, separated from New South Wales. -
Four of the five provinces of Australia granted "self-government".
They manage most of their own affairs but are still part of British Empire. -
Queensland, the last colony to be created, comes into existance.
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Now over 80% of people in Australie were born there.
The six colonies meet to draw up a set of rules about how to run Australia as a united country, independent of Britain. -
The "Commonwealth of Australia" comes into existence.
All the territories form one "Federation" with its own Parliement. But the British monarch remains the head of state ! -
By now all six provinces or territories are "self-governing"
