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  2. Territorial evolution of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The League of Nations mandated the former German New Guinea to Australia as the Territory of New Guinea [51] [52] and the Mandate of Nauru, [53] [54] with New Zealand and the United Kingdom as co-trustees of Nauru. [55] 1 February 1927 The Northern Territory was split at 20° south into the territories of Central Australia and North Australia ...

  3. North Australia - Wikipedia

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    North Australia was a short-lived administrative area of the Northern Territory of Australia. George Pearce, Minister for Home and Territories in the federal government in the 1920s, thought [citation needed] that the Northern Territory of Australia was too large, sparcely populated and disparate to be adequately administered as a whole.

  4. History of New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    At first New Zealand was administered from Australia as part of the colony of New South Wales, and from 16 June 1840 New South Wales laws were deemed to operate in New Zealand. [68] This was a transitional arrangement, and the British Government issued the Charter for Erecting the Colony of New Zealand on 16 November 1840.

  5. Proposals for new Australian states - Wikipedia

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    Section 124 of the Constitution of Australia provides for the establishment or admission of new states to the federation. The Federal Parliament may also form a new state by separating territory from an existing state, join multiple states or parts of states, or increase, diminish, or otherwise alter the limits of a state, but in each case, it must have the approval of the parliament(s) of the ...

  6. Northern Australia - Wikipedia

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    Northern Australia accounts for 64% of Australia’s national beef cattle herd. [7] The geological factors that make Northern Australia's soils so unsuited to traditional agriculture, however, make it extremely rich in ores of abundant, insoluble lithophile metals such as aluminium, iron and uranium.

  7. European exploration of Australia - Wikipedia

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    South Australia was founded as a "free province"—it was never a penal colony. [33] Victoria and Western Australia were also founded "free", but later accepted transported convicts. [34] [35] A campaign by the settlers of New South Wales led to the end of convict transportation to that colony; the last convict ship arrived in 1848. [36]

  8. Australia–New Zealand relations - Wikipedia

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    The history of Indigenous Australians is generally thought to be rich to the extent of at least 40,000–45,000 years duration, whereas the ancestors of Māori arrived in Aotearoa/New Zealand in several waves by means of waka from Eastern Polynesia in waves roughly between 1320 and 1350.

  9. History of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The Australian and New Zealand position at Anzac Cove was vulnerable to attack and the troops suffered heavy losses in establishing a narrow beachhead. After it had become clear that the expeditionary force would be unable to achieve its objectives, the Anzacs were evacuated in December, followed by the British and French in early January. [274 ...