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Major landmarks Swan Bells - Perth Wave Rock Uluru - Ayres Rock Sydney Opera House Wave Rock The Twelve Apostles Major landmarks Great Barrier Reef

The history of Australia More than 60 000 years before the arrival of European settlers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples inhabited most areas of the Australian European settlement in 1788. However, there were an estimated 300 000 Indigenous Australians living on the continent.     Until recently, Western historians focused on early European contact with the Australian continent during the 16th and 17th centuries. In recent years this approach has been balanced by the recognition that Asian and Oceanic explorers and traders had contact with Indigenous Australian people long before the European expansion into the eastern hemisphere. After the American War of Independence, Britain looked to establish new penal settlements to replace the north Atlantic colonies. The First Fleet of 11 ships with 1500 aboard, half of them convicts, arrived at Botany Bay in    January 1788. Sydney grew from that first British penal settlement. Transportation of British convicts to New South Wales ceased in 1840, but continued to Western Australia until 1868. About 160 000 convicts arrived over     80 years. That compares with free settler arrivals as high as 50 000 a year. The history of Australia During the 1850s, settlement was boosted by gold rushes. Scarcity of labour, the vastness of the bush, and new wealth based on farming, mining and trade all contributed to the development of uniquely Australian social institutions and sensibilities.     In 1901 the Australian colonies federated to become the Commonwealth of Australia. As in Canada, the British monarch remains the monarch of Australia, which is now an independent, democratic nation with a tradition of religious tolerance and free speech.

Main attractions Adelaide Alice Springs Ayers Rock Great Barrier Reef Darwin Melbourne Mount Kosciusko Sydney Opera House Adelaide Alice Springs Ayers Rock Great Barrier Reef

C u l t r e Meat pie An Australian meat pie is a hand-sized meat pie containing largely minced meat and gravy sometimes with onion and often consumed as a takeaway food snack. The pie itself is congrue -nt with the United Kingdom's steak pie. It is considered iconic in Australia and New Zealand. It was described by former New South Wales Premier Bob Carr in 2003 as Australia's "national dish". Across the Tasman, New Zealanders regard the meat pie as a part of New Zealand cuisine, and it forms part of the New Zealand national identity . The popular brand Four'N'Twenty produces 50,000 pies per hour and Australians consume an average of 12 meat pies each per year. . The average consumption of meat pies in New Zealand is higher at 15 per person per year. The meat pie is heavily associated with Australian Rules Football as one of the most popular consumed food items whilst watching a game. Meat pie

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