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The Australian Flag - Crux, the cross is commonly known as the Southern Cross. The stars comprising Crux were visible from the Mediterranean area in antiquity and enabled focal points for ancient navigators.
Australia has been inhabited for at least 50,000 years
It was first inhabited by the remote Asian ancestors of the current Australian Aboriginal people
Australia not discovered by Europeans until the 17th century
In 1770 Capt. James Cook took possession of the Australian land in the name of Great Britain

It was first colonised in 1788 as a penal colony
Six Australian colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries
In 1901 the colonies federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia and became a self-governing dominion of the British Empire
1914 - 1918 WW1
1939 - 1945 WW11
August 1945 The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Australia is a constitutional monarchy with the British monarch as the head of state
An Australian referendum to change Australia from a commonwealth, headed by the British monarch, to a republic was defeated in 1999

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