Secret Instructions to Lieutenant Cook 30 July 1768 (GB) James Cook is told what to do if he finds new land | ||
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Governor Phillip's Instructions 25 April 1787 (GB) How to start a colony of convicts in an unseen land ... still searching | ||
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New South Wales Courts Act 1787 (GB) An Act to keep the convicts on the straight-and-narrow | ||
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Charter of Justice 2 April 1787 (GB) Towards an Australian system of law | ||
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Charter of Justice 13 October 1823 (UK) A Chief Justice for Australia's first Supreme Court | ||
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Australian Courts Act 1828 (UK) Trial by jury comes to stay | ||
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New South Wales Act 1823 (UK) Self-government – cautious steps in the colonies | ||
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Governor Darling's Commission 1825 (UK) New South Wales gains territory to the west but loses in the south | ||
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Governor Bourke's Proclamation 1835 (UK) The Governor of New South Wales announces that the Aboriginal people do not own their land | ||
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Order-in-Council ending transportation of convicts 22 May 1840 (UK) The hated convict system given its notice | ||
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New South Wales Constitution Act 1842 (UK) The seeds of democracy sown in the colonies | ||
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New South Wales Constitution Act 1855 (UK) The first self-governing Parliament is created by Britain, on the initiative of the Australians | ||
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University of Sydney Act 1850 (NSW) An opportunity to become great and useful to your country | ||
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