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Australia
3 articles tagged “Australia” on Sprinkles of History.
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The Gold Rush That Reshaped Colonial Australia
Gold discoveries in New South Wales and Victoria triggered a rush of migration that rapidly grew Australia's population and pushed the colonies toward greater self-government.
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The Kokoda Track: A Jungle Campaign That Shaped a Nation's Memory
Australian and Papua New Guinean forces fought Japanese troops along a narrow mountain trail in Papua New Guinea, a campaign still central to Australian wartime memory.
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A Continent's Colonial Start as a Penal Colony
The First Fleet arrived at Sydney Cove carrying convicts alongside soldiers and officials, founding a British penal colony that would grow into modern Australia.