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  2. Noongar - Wikipedia

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    Except for a short period between 1849 and 1855, during which the prison was closed, some 3,700 Aboriginal men and boys, many of them Noongars, but also many others from all parts of the state, were imprisoned. [29] A notable incident for the Noongar people in the Western Australian Colony was the arrival of Rosendo Salvado in 1846.

  3. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet is a multi-national American company that provides tools for studying and learning. [1] Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [ 2 ] and released to the public in January 2007. [ 3 ]

  4. History of Native Americans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Native American migration to urban areas continued to grow: 70% of Native Americans lived in urban areas in 2012, up from 45% in 1970, and 8% in 1940. Urban areas with significant Native American populations include Rapid City, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Denver, Phoenix, Tucson, Seattle, Chicago, Houston, and New York City. Many have lived in ...

  5. List of exit examinations in the United States - Wikipedia

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    State graduation or exit examinations in the United States are standardized tests in American public schools in order for students to receive a high school diploma, according to that state's secondary education curriculum.

  6. Pinjarra massacre - Wikipedia

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    Following the Binjareb looting, by means of armed robbery, of the flour mill that provided rations to settlers and Noongars in the district, as well as the murder and mutilation of Nesbitt, [5] Captain Frederick Irwin, the lieutenant governor in Stirling's absence, is said to have inflamed the situation by adopting a soldier's attitude to crush ...

  7. Whadjuk - Wikipedia

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    Makuru: from May to June, was "the wet", and Noongars moved inland from the coast to the Darling Scarp to hunt grey kangaroo [8]: 39 and tammar once rains had replenished inland water resources. This was the season of mid-latitude cold frontal rains. Malleefowl [8]: 41 were also caught.

  8. Yagan - Wikipedia

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    Yagan statue, Heirisson Island Yagan (/ ˈ j eɪ ɡ ən /; c. 1795 – 11 July 1833) was an Aboriginal Australian warrior from the Noongar people. Yagan was pursued by the local authorities after he killed Erin Entwhistle, a servant of farmer Archibald Butler.

  9. History of immigration to the United States - Wikipedia

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    It is difficult to estimate the number of illegal immigrants who left because of the operation, most of them voluntarily. The INS claimed as many as 1,300,000, but the number officially apprehended did not come anywhere near that total. The program was ultimately abandoned because of questions surrounding the ethics of its implementation.