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Big Numbers
Britain has too many convicts in their country. They need a place to put some of their prisoners so they don't get too crowded. -
Discovery
Captain James Cook discovers Australia and makes it part of Great Britain's Empire. -
Convict Colony
Great Britain decides to send the convicts to Australia to start a new colony for Great Britain. -
Killing of Indigenous
When the British got there they met the indigenous people called the Aborigines. The British started to kill them off with disease and taking over the new land. -
Gold Rush
The British people all started to flood into Australia when the people found gold there. Australia is what it is today because of the growing population during the gold rush. -
Independence
They become their own country but are still technically a domain of the UK.
