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Entangled histories

4 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · AUS LEFT · GBR RIGHT

1. 22 August 1770

   Cook charts and claims the east coast

   Lieutenant James Cook charted the eastern coast of the continent aboard HMB Endeavour and claimed it for Britain as New South Wales, opening the way to British colonisation.

   Colonisation · from the Australia chronicle · European contact and the First Fleet · REFS 2 — Defining Moments: Cook claims Australia, Australia (country)

2. 26 January 1788

   The First Fleet founds the penal colony

   Captain Arthur Phillip's First Fleet established a British penal colony at Sydney Cove, beginning permanent European settlement and the dispossession of Aboriginal peoples of the Sydney region.

   Colonisation · from the Australia chronicle · European contact and the First Fleet · REFS 2 — Defining Moments: Convict cargo and the First Fleet, Australia (country)

3. 1901

   Immigration Restriction Act and 'White Australia'

   One of the new parliament's first laws established the cornerstone of the 'White Australia' policy, using a dictation test to exclude non-European migrants and keep the nation overwhelmingly white and British.

   Peoples & Migration · from the Australia chronicle · Federation and the new nation · REFS 2 — The Immigration Restriction Act 1901, Australia (country)

4. 3 March 1986

   Australia Act and full legal independence

   The Australia Act 1986, building on the Statute of Westminster adopted in 1942, ended the British Parliament's power to legislate for Australia and abolished appeals to the Privy Council, completing Australia's legal independence.

   Independence · from the Australia chronicle · Modern Australia: multiculturalism, reconciliation, and the apology · REFS 1 — Australia (country)