The first British colonists to settle parts of Australia in large numbers were convicts, the result of an overflowing prison system in England. They were accompanied by marines and officers, as well as some marines' wives.
New South Wales is known as the first state because it was the first part of Australia to be officially settled by Europeans.Although James Cook did not discover Australia (it was discovered over 150 years before Cook ever set foot on its shores), he was the first European to chart the area. He named the entire eastern coast of Australia New South Wales because the countryside bore a resemblance (in his mind) to parts of southern Wales.NSW originally encompassed the entire eastern half of the continent when Captain Arthur Phillip settled with the First Fleet. Over the 70 years that followed, it was carved up into Victoria, South Australia, Van Diemen's Land/Tasmania and Queensland, while even the western extremity was given to Western Australia.
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True bandicoots are found only in Australia, but they are named after the unrelated Bandicoot-rat (not a marsupial) found in parts of Asia.
White tail spiders are named so due to the fact that their abdomens have a white on them. They can be found in the southern and eastern parts of Australia.
Parts of Australia certainly do have tumbleweeds.
Abel Tasman mapped the southern coast of Tasmania which, at the time, he named Van Diemen's land. He did not realise Tasmania was an island.
James Cook, who was the first European to chart the area, named the entire eastern coast of Australia New South Walesbecause the countryside bore a resemblance to parts of southern Wales.
Yes. Millipedes are in plague proportions in parts of Australia.
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No, it is the first official month of winter in the temperate parts of the country, since Australia is in the southern hemisphere. The tropical parts of Australia are in their 'dry season' during June.
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