From convicts to a Commonwealth: Former prime minister Tony Abbott tells the real story of Australia’s birth

Both strategic and commercial motives guided the British government’s choice of New South Wales as a convict colony.
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Aboriginal Australia / produced in co-operation by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory -- Aboriginal people of South Australia -- Aboriginal people of Victoria -- Aboriginal people of New South Wales -- Aboriginal people of Tasmania -- Rock ...