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Australian Convicts In March 1606, the Dutch explorers mapped the Queensland coast in the west of the Cape York, which is the earliest record of European contact with Australia. Later that year, the Spanish explorers Louis van torres sailed through the strait between Australia and Papua New Guinea. In the next two centuries, European explorers and traders continued to map Australia coast, at the time they called the Australia new Holland. In 1688, William dampier became the first British explorer on Australias shores. But until 1770, another British captain James cook, take a hard to expand scientific research trip to the south Pacific, to further map along the east coast of Australia, and in the name of the English king claimed its sovereignty. Britain decided to put its new territory as a prisoners colony. On January 26, 1788 by the first fleet of 11 vessels carrying 1500 people of which only one is a prisoner arrived in Sydney harbor. Later, this day is classified as Australia day. British prisoners sent to Australia began in 1788 and finally in 1868, Britain during the total shipments to Australia is about 160000 men and women prisoners. Came to Australia after the prisoner is the freedom of movement of the 1790 s. The wool industry and gold rush stimulated the development of free immigration to Australia in the middle of the 19th century . Labor scarcity, vast land, and based on agriculture, mining and tradement of the emerging wealth make Australia become a land of opportunity. But in this period of time, Australian aborigines suffered disaster. Death, disease, displaced, the homeless, and so on interfere the traditional way of life and practice. In 1901, six states formed the commonwealth of Australia under the constitution of unified . In the establishment of the state, the indigenous population is 3.8 million, half of whom live in the city. Three-quarters of people are born in Australia, the vast majority of people is English, Sco