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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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Leaving Cooktown 25/7
19 weeks ago: KatieLee published a blog
Leaving Cooktown 25/7
July 25th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cooktown
In the morning, we went to the supermarket to get what we needed. After we went to the bakery to have something to eat, we went to the local market on the side of the road. I got a magnet butterfly. ... 4 photos [full story]

Cape Tribulation and Cooktown (26 - 28 May)
May 30th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cooktown
We packed up a very wet camper trailer in the rain on Tuesday morning and headed up to Port Douglas. We stopped briefly at Pebbly Beach, which is appropriately named with millions of smooth pebbles w ... 25 photos [full story]


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