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1、1.TheLocationofAustraliaAustraliaislocatedinthesouthhemisphere,betweenequatorialSouthEastAsiaandtheAntarctic.It'sthelargestislandintheworldandthesmallestflattestanddriedcontinentintheworld.Beingisolatedfromothermajorlandmasses,Australiaisalandofnatura
2、lwonders.It'sfamousasahomelandofsomanyuniqueanimals.Suchaskangaroo,platypus,koala,andwombat.TheGreatDividingRange,theGreatBarrierReef,AyersRock,theTwelvesApostles, theGoldCoastareallthewonderlandsofAustraliaattractingmanyvisitorsaroundtheworld.2.Thehi
3、storyofBritishColonization Historically,Australiawasastolenland,stolenbytheBritishcolonistsfromthehandsofitsoriginalowners---theAustralianaborigines.TheseaborigineshavebeenlivinginAustraliaforatleast18500generations.theybelongtoover500differentgrou
4、psandhavediversifiedaboriginalculturetraditions.Butastheyallbelieveindreamingordreamtime.TheyarealsocalledthePeoplesofDreaming. In1788,theBritishcolonistsarrivedinAustraliaintheFirstFleetandannouncedthelandtobeTerraNullius.Meaninganunownedwasteland.Th
5、isnamelegitimateBritishcolonizationofAustralia.Sincethen,convictsorcriminalsweretransportedtoAustraliaandanumberofseparatedBritishcolonieswerebuiltthere.NewSouthWales,Tasmania,QueenslandwereEstablishedasconvictcolonies.WesternAustralia,establishedin18
6、29asafreecolony,becameaconvictcolonyfor19yearsuntil1896.3.TheimpactofcolonizationThecolonizationchangedthelifeofAustraliaaborigines.Throughmassacresandskirmishes,segregation,exclusion,andassimilation,theBritishcolonistsoppressedthepeoplesoftheDreaming
7、.AndmadethehistoryofthePeopleofDreamingahistoryofstolenland,stolenwages,stolencultureandstolenchildren.TodaytheAustraliaisdefinitelyaindependentanddemocraticcountry.ThefullnameofthecountryisthecommonwealthofAustralia.In1770,theCaptainCook,theBritishna
8、vigatorannouncedAustraliatobetheBritishcolony,andheisrememberedasthefatheroftheAustralia.4.ThePoliticsofAustraliaIn1901,6formalBritishcoloniesinAustraliaannouncedtoformaunion,andnamedtheuniontheCommonwealth.In1931,theCommonwealthofAustraliabec
