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lled through their territory on foot, making path along streams and rivers. They lived by hunting, fishing and gathering food. They invented boomerang and spear.
In 1606 the first ship captained by Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon visited the west coast of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland. They made one landing, but when they were attacked by Aborigines they left.
In 1770 British sailor Captain James Cook found the fertile east coast of Australia. On 22nd August 1770 James Cook claimed this land for the British Crown and called it the New South Wales. The British decided to use the land as a prison colony. Britain needed a place to send its convicts because its prisons were full and it had lost its American colonies.
Other Europeans visited the north and the west coast, which they called New Holland. This was dry and uninhabited land and they didnt find any economic reasons to stay there.
In 1788 the Britain First Fleet of 11 ships, carrying about 1500 people arrived at Sidney
For the first few years they did not have much food and their life was very hard, soon they begin to farm and more people came. Sydney grew and new towns were started
The early settlers were very cruel to the aborigines.
The discovery of gold in 1851 brought many people to Australia.
At the end of the 19th century, the Australian colonies began to discuss some form of union. They formed a federation. The new constitution was introduced on January 1, 1901; and the birth of the new nation was celebrated.

Task: Read the statements and decide if they are True or False.
1. The first Aboriginal people came from Indonesia.
2. The aborigines were farmers.
3. The Dutch were the first to visit the country.
4. James Cook found the west c