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Australia
Population: 22,015,576
92% white, 7% Asian, 1% Aboriginal and others
Population
Capital: Canberra
Largest city: Sydney
7,617,930 km2
Located on the indo-australian plate
A bit of geography
First European ”landing” in 1606
1770 Britain claimed a big part of the East coast for penal colony
1788 Penal colony were built
1788-1868 161,700 convicts were brought to Australian prisons.
Some history
School
Legal System
The system
Arrived around 50,000 years ago.
Longest surviving traditions on earth
Surpressed by the english people
Indiginous people’s history
Black asians
Ghettos and poverty
Sorry day
Growing awareness
Indiginous people today
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