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Australia could be said to have been "built" by a number of different people.
- The convicts literally built the first roads and buildings.
- The explorers opened up the land for settlement.
- The settlers and farmers built the agricultural wealth on which Australia depended in its early years.
- The gold miners, or diggers, built the wealth that enabled Australia to become a Federation.
- Politicians built the social and political framework of the country.
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