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Australian Territory, 1829

Australian Territory, 1829
British sea captain and explorer Charles Fremantle landed on the southwestern coast of Australia in 1829. Fremantle claimed the entire western part of Australia for Britain. That same year, a group of English settlers established the colony’s capital, Perth.
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