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Background: Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name of Great Britain. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed itself into an internationally competitive, advanced market economy. It boasted one of the OECD's fastest growing economies during the 1990's, a performance due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980's. Long-term concerns include pollution, particularly depletion of the ozone layer, and management and conservation of coastal areas, especially the Great Barrier Reef.



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152 days ago: ozflag published a blog
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February 22nd 2008  Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Bega Valley
18-2-8 thru morning fog and boulder country mccafe for coffee. soon walk warm for xlnt result streets of cooma. woolies carpark extra. found flight info to perth, santiago next year, whew, cooked was ... [full story]

The end of a chapter ...
194 days ago: Bega published a blog
The end of a chapter ...
December 19th 2007  Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Bega
Well, the inevitable happened and of course my year in Central and South America drew to an end, and I found myself heading back home to Australia to spend a week with my family over Christmas and the ... 22 photos [full story]


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