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Official year book of the commonwealth of australia no. Volume 1 examines australia s indigenous and colonial history through to the federation of the colonies in. Australia s longest serving prime minister, sir robert menzies, would begin his second term at the helm of the newly formed liberal party, and australians would experience a prolonged period of economic prosperity as a product of the long boom. Easy, secure checkout and flatrate shipping australia wide. This book tells the true story of three mixedrace aboriginal sisters. Asked to name the best history books on australia, i find my mind wanders to works that are not history proper. The activity sheets have been designed to help students and teachers meet the requirements of the australian national curriculum. His347 north australian history since 1911 charles.
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Nobody knows exactly when the first people came to the continent. Dirk hartog dirk hartog 1580 1621 was a 17th century dutch sailor and explorer, whose expedition was the second european group to land on australian soil. They are both available in kindle editions as well. The unit examines the history of north australia since 1911, the year the commonwealth of australia took over the administration of the northern territory.
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