Events
First European
visit to AustraliaJames Cook saw
the east coast of Australia,
which he called New South Wales.Great Britain begins to use Australia as a correctional colony.Australia is no longer used as a penal colony.Entry into force of the law (constituted)
establishing the Australian UnionAustralia, together with Britain and France,
declared war on Germany.Australia ceased to be the dominion of Great Britain,
but remained in the Commonwealth.Following the referendum,
Cocos Islands integrated into
the Australian Union.
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