Free settlement began in 1816, and no convicts were sent to Australia after 1840. The gold rushes (1851-1892) brought more people to Australia, and in 1901 the six self-governing were united in one dominion-the independent Commonwealth of Australia. New Zealand became a separate colony of ...
I’m 63 and was brought up with my sister in Lancashire and remember the term Sweet Fanny Adams. Although we’ve not heard it for a while we heard it’s use many times. We never for one minute knew there was a history like this. Thankyou so much for writing this piece it was extr...
No, they decided that the world’s databases on elevation of coastal areas is probably wrong by “3.7 m in the US and 2.5 m in Australia”. Note that an error of this magnitude, over 12 feet, would mean, if elevations are recorded as too positive — too high — that almost al...
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