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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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Kakadu at last (from Darwin)
52 days ago: IanMcL published a blog
Kakadu at last (from Darwin)
October 12th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Kakadu National Park » Cooinda
So now we are in Darwin. After leaving the otherwise delightful Katherine - disappointed that we couldn’t find anywhere that had wi-fi, we headed off into Kakadu - not knowing quite what to e ... 32 photos [full story]

Welcome to Country
84 days ago: Darryl and Sarah published a blog
Welcome to Country
September 8th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Kakadu National Park » Cooinda
Day 135 - Welcome to Country Here’s a very special Happy Birthday wish to a young man back home in Bristol! Can you guess who it is? That’s right, Ben Gosling! Happy Birthday Ben, we ... 47 photos [full story]

Kak-a-do do do!
86 days ago: Darryl and Sarah published a blog
Kak-a-do do do!
September 7th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Kakadu National Park » Cooinda
Day 134 - Katherine to Kakadu The day started with Tropic Lesson Two - don’t leave chairs out all night and then be surprised when you find a tiny frog sleeping soundly in one of them in the ... 9 photos [full story]

It
August 1st 2009  Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Kakadu National Park » Cooinda
Let's head North. Day 12.Left Adelaide after visiting BCF and picking up my new rod and reel courtesy of the Staff of the Rehab Ward at Newcastle Private Hospital. It was nice to leave the rainy, w ... 3 photos [full story]

154 days ago: alio3200 published a blog
Days 20-21
July 1st 2009  Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Kakadu National Park » Cooinda
Djokovic we take all our mocking back! We have crossed the border into the Northern Territory and it is about 34 degrees. We can barely walk never mind play any tennis! It is just unbelievably hot! On ... [full story]

The water is cold and the mosquito’s are free
June 24th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Kakadu National Park » Cooinda
DAY 229 I awoke in the night to the sound of some birdsong, although I have not idea what bird it was or what the call signified and blowed if I can remember what the sound was, so I cannot even d ... 38 photos [full story]

Donald “Don” McGregor
161 days ago: kangaroojack published a blog
Donald “Don” McGregor
June 23rd 2009  Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Kakadu National Park » Cooinda
DAY 228 We woke after an unbelievably hot night, and though we both slept really well we both feel shattered. Our campsite is quiet this morning, as the Trumans left yesterday and we are back on ... 46 photos [full story]

Kanga-Banga
162 days ago: kangaroojack published a blog
Kanga-Banga
June 22nd 2009  Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Kakadu National Park » Cooinda
DAY 227 I had the most terrible nights sleep, I awoke at some ungodly hour because it was too hot, it seems that the temperature must have gone up in the night, it had been a bit cloudy yesterday s ... 3 photos [full story]


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