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AU History (1606 Dutch sailors land (1644 "New Holland"…
AU History
1606
Dutch sailors land
1644
"New Holland" founded
1760
Industrial revolution
1770
British land
1781
British lose America
1788
First British prisoner ships
1789
Smallpox epidemic
1793
First free settlers
1804
New colonies established
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Given land grants by Britain.
Kills 70% of aboriginal population.
Less than half were convicts initially; simply a myth.
Sydney founded
New South Wales intended as a penal colony.
Britain claims eastern Australia as its own.
Now had nowhere to put convicts.
Land on East coast and named is "New South Wales" by James Cook.
Many moved to cities for work, but there wasn't enough to go around. So poverty and crime increased, quickly bringing British prisons to capacity.
1850
Gold rush
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