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Dutch find Australia
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Captain James Cook sailed around Australia
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The First fleet sent the first set of prisoners to Australia
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Tasmania was made into an official prison.
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Australia created colony boundaries
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Penal colony of Australia was shut down.
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The Commonwealth of Australia was created
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Melbourne lost its capital status when Canberra came around
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Federal government started to help the Aborigines.
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All legal ties with Britten will be severed
