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Post by Charity on Aug 21, 2004 14:04:40 GMT -5
Coming February 05'-stay tuned
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Post by Charity on Jan 17, 2005 14:20:42 GMT -5
Adventure Club Meeting February 11 at 3:00
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Post by Charity on Jan 17, 2005 14:28:30 GMT -5
 Someone please volunteer to call and remind Tina and Jeanine. |
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Post by Charity on Feb 8, 2005 13:34:10 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Feb 8, 2005 13:35:07 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Feb 8, 2005 13:36:32 GMT -5
Introduction Australia Top of Page
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. Long-term concerns include pollution, particularly depletion of the ozone layer, and management and conservation of coastal areas, especially the Great Barrier Reef. A referendum to change Australia's status, from a commonwealth headed by the British monarch to a republic, was defeated in 1999.
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Post by Charity on Feb 8, 2005 13:38:17 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Feb 8, 2005 13:41:03 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Feb 8, 2005 13:44:26 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Feb 8, 2005 13:46:20 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Feb 8, 2005 13:48:38 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Feb 8, 2005 13:51:27 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Feb 8, 2005 13:54:40 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Feb 8, 2005 13:57:27 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Feb 8, 2005 13:59:28 GMT -5
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