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For seventy years (1906-1975), the eastern half of the island, known as Papua New Guinea, was a protectorate of the Australian Government. It was to be Australia's first and only attempt at colonisation. The prime objective of the administration was to impose "pax Australiana" - a western economic structure and the British system of law - on the indigenous people. With no experience at governing overseas territories and no colonial philosophy, the...
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An alphabetical list of individual Dutch colonists with a brief note for each entry on place of residence and sometimes profession and other information. Based on records in Europe, mostly in archives in London, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam, which are not generally available to researchers in North America, and which identify early Dutch settlers and early shipping links in the Americas between 1615 and 1815.
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Follow three remarkable immigrant groups who left their mark on Spanish culture. First, trace the impact of the Celts and the technology they brought to the region. Learn about the Phoenicians, famous as mariners, and their legacy of trade and engineering. Continue with the singular influence of the Greeks, who shaped the history and culture of the peninsula for future immigrants.
13) The bolter
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"The story of the wild, beautiful, fearless IDINA SACKVILLE, descendant of one of England's oldest families, who went off to KENYA in search of adventure and became known as the high priestess of the scandalous "HAPPY VALLEY SET"--jacket cover.
15) Australian Frontier Wars: The History of the Conflicts Between Indigenous Groups and Colonists Acros
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"It is quite time that our children were taught a little more about their country, for shame's sake." – Henry Lawson, Australian poet
A land of almost 3 million square miles has lain since time immemorial on the southern flank of the planet, so isolated that it remained entirely outside of European knowledge until 1770. However, the first human footprints on this vast territory were felt 70,000 years earlier, as people began to cross the periodic...
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Follow three remarkable immigrant groups who left their mark on Spanish culture. First, trace the impact of the Celts and the technology they brought to the region. Learn about the Phoenicians, famous as mariners, and their legacy of trade and engineering. Continue with the singular influence of the Greeks, who shaped the history and culture of the peninsula for future immigrants.
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