History

Australia's Aboriginal people, the original inhabitants of the Australian continent, arrived from Asia at least 50,000 years ago.

18. century – Australia was mapped by Dutch, British, France navigators Captain James Cook charted the east coast and claimed it for Britain.

– settlement – established penal colonies From 1830 – enunciation of the doctrine of terra nullius big colonization by Europian discovery of gold – many immigrants from all over the world

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the six colonies united to form the federal Commonwealth of Australia From 1914–18, more than 400,000 Australians volunteered in World War I.