9. Western Australia is Australia's largest state with a
total land area of 2,529,875 square kilometres, and the
second-largest country subdivision in the world.
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10. The first documented and undisputed European sighting
of and landing on Australia was in March 1606, by the
Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon aboard the Duyfken.
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11. Most of Australia’s population is concentrated in
the south-east and east as the central western
parts of Australia are occupied by desert.
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12. Aborigines are Australia's indigenous people. Recent
government statistics counted approximately 400,000
aboriginal people, or about 2.5% of Australia's total
population.
Australian Aborigines migrated from somewhere in Asia at
least 30,000 years ago. Though they comprise 500–600 distinct
groups, aboriginal people possess some unifying links. Among
these are strong spiritual beliefs that tie them to the land; a
tribal culture of storytelling and art; and, like other indigenous
populations, a difficult colonial history.
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