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The first european to find Australia was a navigator named Willem Janszoon.
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Twenty-nine other Dutch navigators explored the western and southern coasts in the 17th century, and named the continent New Holland.
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Aborigines are believed to have arrived in Australia by sea from Southeast Asia between 40,000 and 70,000 years ago.
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Australia's government is a federation. The citizens have some civil rights, such as voting.
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The State Animal for Australia is the Kangoroo. The aborigines had legends that the kangoroo was the first animal on the continent
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Trade with Asia increased and a post-war immigration program received more than 6.5 million migrants from every continent.
