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Australia
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Australia2.
3.
the sixth-largest country
Australia
the smallest
continent
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SouthIndian
Ocean
Australia
Pacific
Ocean
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≈ 65,000 years agothe earliest
sea
travelers
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Before European arrivalfrom 300,000
to a million
aborigines
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WillemJanszoon
a Dutch navigator
Abel
Tasman
a Dutch
navigator
1606
New Holland
1642
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1770New
South
Wales
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A British colonywas founded
in 1788.
Sydney
January 26th Australia Day
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Other settlementswere established
at …
Brisbane
Perth
Sydney
Melbourne
Hobart
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Over the next80 years
Brisbane
Perth
Sydney
Melbourne
Hobart
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In 1850s thegold rush began.
It brought
thousands of
immigrants.
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The end of theth
19 century
South
Queensland
Western AusAustralia tralia
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania
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The Commonwealth ofAustralia (1901)
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After WW IImany people
were left
homeless in
their countries.
Australia
needed a
labor force to
develop its
economy.
IMMIGRATION
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Immigrants found employment17.
Immigrants from 200 countriesOne of the most multinational
countries
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The Latin word‘Australis’
-
southern
Australia
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The Commonwealth ofAustralia
Northern Territory
Queensland
Western
Australia
South
Australia
Victoria
New South
Wales
ACT
Tasmania
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CanberraAustralian Capital
Territory
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Australia is a constitutionalmonarchy.
Queen
of Australia
has little power in
the Australian government
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the UnionJack
a large white
seven-pointed star
five
white
stars
the Southern
Cross
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Australiamodern factories
productive mines and farms
busy cities
income from exports
a high standard of living