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Captain Cook claim australia
After his long travel in boat, he discovers the island and decide to claim it -
First colony built in Sydney cove
The start of a huge era -
First Free settlers
They arrive for a new life in Australia -
New colonies
Set up on Tasmania, free settlers soon follow -
New province
Called Victoria (named after whom ?) -
population is 1/2 native
half of the australians are born in the coutry -
GOLDD !!!
Gold veins are discovered - more settlers arrive
Nearly half million population in Australia -
Self government
4 of the 5 provinces wanted independancy, they manage most of their own affairs but are still part british empire -
Queensland
Queensland is created
This is the last colonie to be created in Australia's histroy by now. -
80% of natives, new rules
Now more than 80 percent of the population is born in the country so they decide to set a bunch of rules to run the entire country -
6 independant province
All of the six provinces are now slef governing ! -
Commonwealth of Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia comes to existence. All the provinces form one federation with the parliament. Still with the british monarch as the head of the coutry