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Background: Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name of Great Britain. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed itself into an internationally competitive, advanced market economy. It boasted one of the OECD's fastest growing economies during the 1990's, a performance due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980's. Long-term concerns include pollution, particularly depletion of the ozone layer, and management and conservation of coastal areas, especially the Great Barrier Reef.



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Areas in Perth: Como | Darlington | Duncraig | High Wycombe | Hillarys Boat Harbour | Joondalup | Melville | Midland Junction | Mosman Park | Perth City | Scarborough | South Lake | Swan Valley | Victoria Park

It’s a Good World After All: Welcome Frank!
December 11th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth
On 10 December at about 9am, Dan rang me at work. She needed me to take her to the Family Birth Centre to see the midwife about something. It was possible waters had broken and they passed Dan onto th ... 14 photos [full story]

1 day ago: ozflag published a blog
no vote
January 6th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Mosman Park
jan 6 09. happy new year. the only flag news is that the prime minister said that he would hold a plebicite for a republic in his SECOND term! otherwise gaza suffers and i wash many windows. got back ... [full story]

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5 days ago: jodirt published a blog
G'Day and a Happy New Year!
January 2nd 2009  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth
Merry Christmas from Down Under (again!!). I had a lovely Christmas Eve at work and had the pleasure of recording the RAC Christmas Choir who sang traditional Christmas carols as well as the aus ... 6 photos [full story]

Photos of Perth and WA
8 days ago: The Rambling Wayfarer published a blog
Photos of Perth and WA
December 17th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth
Just some photos from Perth and Bunbury. No rambling on here! ... 7 photos [full story]

12 days ago: Bev A published a blog
Australia 2008
December 26th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth
Dec 26, 2008 - Depart SFO at 10:30pm Dec 28, 2008 - Arrive Perth at 1pmish. Eric will pick me up. Enjoy Perth with Eric. Dec 30, 2008 - Eric n I will fly to Sydney to meet up with Caz. Wi ... [full story]

14 days ago: Flyer78 published a blog
Merry Christmas - from the hot side
December 24th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth
Well it’s now Christmas Eve and I’m back in Perth (well Coogee), I’ve finished up at the farm and applied for my visa and had a bit of fun with the process since. Well before I fo ... [full story]

Perth Adventures
14 days ago: Stephanie and Paul RTW published a blog
Perth Adventures
December 15th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth
Hi all, sorry it's been a while since the last update, no good excuse so I won't bother to make one up. These are in no particular order since we kind of lost track of days and when we did each thing ... 18 photos [full story]

Perth
14 days ago: Zhan published a blog
Perth
December 17th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth City
Having got out of the backpacker's ghetto in Fremantle, I booked into a highly rated hostel in central Perth. I was relieved to find that it was very nice (The Witch's Hat in case you're interested), ... 2 photos [full story]

Australia
14 days ago: nickoandmel published a blog
Australia
December 24th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth City
Hay we made it to my sisters in Perth It's lovely and DAM hot and this is the start of the summer we are gona die in this heat sorry to all you cold folks! We have bought our selfs a 4WD Toyota Landc ... 6 photos [full story]

Australia - Perth
15 days ago: CaminoGirl published a blog
Australia - Perth
December 20th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » High Wycombe
From New Zealand, back to Australia... this time on the West Coast and the Indian Ocean. Perth is the 4th largest city in Australia with a population of just over 1.5 million. The December temperat ... 24 photos [full story]


Perth Blog Entries

Pinnacles
An old colonial hotel
Rottnest Island 2
Rottnest Island
Black Swan
11
8
The Substitute
Bottlenose Dolphin Swim
Bottlenose Dolphin Swim
con chaqueta en la playa
laura shearing a sheep
Windy in Fremantle
only a few down and out here wandering the streets
Kangaroo Paw
Our Ko Tao bungalow

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