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Australian English is relatively homogeneous when compared with British and American English. The major varieties of Australian English are sociocultural rather than regional. They are divided into 3 main categories: general, broad and cultivated. There are a number of Australian English-based creole languages.
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The largest ancestral groups in Australia are English Australians, Irish Australians, Scottish Australians, Chinese Australians, Italian Australians, German Australians, Indian Australians, Aboriginal Australians, [N 1] Greek Australians, Filipino Australians, Dutch Australians, Vietnamese Australians, Lebanese Australians and various others.
The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD; also abbreviated A$ or sometimes AU$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; and also referred to as the dollar or Aussie dollar) is the official currency and legal tender of Australia, including all of its external territories, and three independent sovereign Pacific Island states ...
The Gippsland massacres, many led by the Scots pastoralist Angus McMillan, saw between 300 and 1,000 Gunai (or Kurnai) people murdered. [96] [97] 1840–1860. The Eumeralla Wars between European settlers and Gunditjmara people in south west Victoria included a number of massacres resulting in over 442 Aboriginal deaths.
Australia is known for its mining (coal, iron, gold, diamonds and crystals). It produces wool, and is the world's largest producer of bauxite. [11] Its emblem is a flower called the golden wattle . Australia is also known for its animals. The national symbols of Australia are the kangaroo and the golden wattle.
In 1826, the first British military outpost was set up at King George Sound in Western Australia. The Swan River Colony was started in 1829, with townsites at Fremantle and Perth. In 1836, a free-settler colony was started in South Australia, where no convicts were ever sent. Queensland became a separate colony in 1859.
