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Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands. The majority of Fiji’s islands formed through volcanic activity starting around 150 million years ago. Some geothermal activity still occurs…

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The Principality of Hutt River, often referred to by its former name, the Hutt River Province, was an unrecognised micronation in Australia. The micronation was founded on 21 April 1970 when Leonard Casley declared his farm to be an independent country, the Hutt River Province. He attempted to secede from…

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Western Australia is the largest state of Australia. The first inhabitants of Australia arrived from the north about 40,000 to 60,000 years ago. Over thousands of years they eventually spread across the whole landmass. These Indigenous Australians were long established throughout Western Australia by the time European explorers began to…

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South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. The land which now forms the state of South Australia was claimed for Britain in 1788 as part of the colony of New South Wales. Although the new colony included almost two-thirds of the continent, early settlements were…

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The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) (known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938) is a federal territory of Australia containing the Australian capital city of Canberra. It is home to many important institutions of the federal government, national monuments and museums. On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies of…

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Lord Howe Island is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. The first reported sighting of Lord Howe Island took place on 17 February 1788, when Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball, commander of the Armed Tender HMS Supply, was en route from Botany Bay…

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Queensland is a state of Australia situated in the north-east of the country. Queensland was first inhabited by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon, the first European to land in Australia, explored the west coast of the Cape York Peninsula in 1606. In 1770, James Cook…

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Victoria is the second most populated state of Australia and is situated in the south-east of the country. Victoria is home to numerous Aboriginal groups, including the Kulin, the Boonwurrung, the Bratauolung, the Djadjawurrung, the Gunai, the Gunditjmara, the Taungurong, the Wathaurong, the Wurundjeri, and the Yorta Yorta. There were…

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Tasmania is an island state of Australia separated by Bass Strait. The island is believed to have been occupied by indigenous peoples for 30,000 years before British colonisation. It is thought Aboriginal Tasmanians were separated from the mainland Aboriginal groups about 11,700 years ago after the sea rose to form Bass…

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