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Australia today is one of the wealthiest and most highly developed nations on the planet, boasting enviably high levels of education, healthcare and wages, which when coupled with its easy going and laid-back lifestyle, makes for one of the highest levels of living standards enjoyed anywhere in the world.
The quality of life in Australia is in fact so high that it’s five major metropolitan urban areas; Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, all regularly feature in the top 10 of the Global Liveability Index, which ranks cities based on their levels of stability, healthcare, culture, environment, education and infrastructure.
All of this culminates in Australia having one of the worlds highest levels of life expectancy, with males expecting to live to an average of 81.30 years of age and females to an average of 85.40 years. This marks Australia, alongside neighbouring New Zealand, as clear outliers in terms of life expectancy when compared to the levels of other nations in the southern hemisphere, where in some instances barely exceed the age of 50.
However, Australia hasn’t always enjoyed such high levels of life expectancy, nor any other measures of human development for that matter. Just over 150 years ago, in 1870, a new-born child was only expected to live to the age of 34 on average and just a few decades prior to that, the livelihoods themselves of many Australians consisted of little more than carrying out hard, arduous labour in a harsh and unforgiving environment. That is because for much of Australia’s early history, the country was governed as a penal colony for British convicts, who were transported to the far side of the world to lay the foundations of the first European settlements there.
But how did this country change to such a degree, going from a place where people were sent to be punished, into a place where many aspire to live today?
This is the history of Australia.
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Australia things you should avoid!
Hoop Snakes: These snakes bite their tail and roll towards you if you get too close! That's why we bring a mirror to see what's behind you.
Drop Bear: These are the cousin of koalas and they are evil and we always bring a umbrella to avoid making eye contact with these phenomenal creatures
The Gobbler Fish: These things are everywhere and they sense fear so you must have no fear at all
Dangerous Ants: Do not wear shoes to Australia because these ants are attracted to shoes!
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Also if you hate Vegemite in Australia, You will be FINED!
Very good.
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I find this display of history very intellectually dishonest as an educator I’m offended by some of the ideas and concepts of mutual combat and good intentions of the British when the history of Australia and Tasmania is simple rape murder and genocide.
What about the breeding out of the African descendant Tasmanians and the Aboriginals it was a government sanction genocide through rape and murder
So it is true. Europeans are the reason the world is screwed up beyond repair. This video pretty much says it all. Karma is real. Watch and see.
A couple of facts. The first free settlers (not convicts) arrived at Sydney Cove in 1792 with the third fleet of convicts. These settlers were led by Thomas Rose who with his wife and 5 children developed farm land outside Sydney to help feed the colony. This was the true start of European settlement in Australia. The Eureka Stockade rebellion was at Ballarat in Victoria where the gold fields were far bigger than Bathurst. Gold is still mined round Ballarat but it is deep lead mining not alluvial.