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  2. History of Australia (1788–1850) - Wikipedia

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    The history of Australia from 1788 to 1850 covers the early British colonial period of Australia's history. This started with the arrival in 1788 of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson on the lands of the Eora , and the establishment of the penal colony of New South Wales as part of the British Empire .

  3. Economic history of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Port Jackson. The European settlement of Australia began on 26 January 1788 at Port Jackson (modern Sydney, New South Wales), when the First Fleet arrived with more than 1,000 convicts, marines and a few free settlers, plus a vast quantity of stores to establish a penal colony in New South Wales.

  4. History of Australia (1851–1900) - Wikipedia

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    Between 1870 and 1890 average income per person in Australia was more than 50 per cent higher than that of the United States, giving Australia one of the highest living standards in the world. [ 31 ] The size of the government sector almost doubled from 10 per cent of national expenditure in 1850 to 19 per cent in 1890.

  5. Colony of New South Wales - Wikipedia

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    The Colony of New South Wales was a colony of the British Empire from 1788 to 1901, when it became a State of the Commonwealth of Australia.At its greatest extent, the colony of New South Wales included the present-day Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia, the Northern Territory as well as New Zealand.

  6. Australian peers and baronets - Wikipedia

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    Peers of the Realm have been associated with Australia since early in its history as a British settlement. Many peers served as governors of the Australian colonies (states following Federation), and in the days when the practice of appointing British governors-general was current, the great majority were peers.

  7. The Highest- and Lowest-Paying Positions in Congress - AOL

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    While the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 established an automatic annual adjustment to congressional salaries based on the Employment Cost Index, Congress has voted not to allow scheduled pay raises to ...

  8. Territorial evolution of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Over the next few decades, the colonies of New Zealand, Queensland, South Australia, Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania), and Victoria were created from New South Wales, as well as an aborted Colony of North Australia. On 1 January 1901, these colonies, excepting New Zealand, became states in the Commonwealth of Australia.

  9. These are the worst-paying college degrees, according to a ...

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    Just out of college, chemical engineers can command $79,000 salaries—a median figure that leaps to $133,000 within 15 years of graduation, the highest of any major.

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