Australian History Revision

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Squatter

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To settle on public land under government regulation, in order to acquire title.

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Terra Nullis

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A Latin expression deriving from Roman law meaning 'land belonging to no one'(or 'no mans land'), which is used in international law to describe territory which has never been subject to the sovereignty of any state.

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Autocracy

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Government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch.

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New world

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Is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere

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Hulk

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A ship specially built to serve as a storehouse, prison, etc., and not for sea service.

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Colony

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A group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.

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Imperialism

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The policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.

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Democracy

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Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electral system.

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Suffragette

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Derived from the word 'sufferage', meaning the civil right ot vote. SUffragette is the noun regerring to a woman advocate of female suffrage.

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Racism

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A belief or doctrine that inherent differences amoung the verious human races determine cultral or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.

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Bushranger

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Any of the bandits of the Australian bush, or outback, who harassed the settlers, miners, and Aborigines of the frontier in the late 18th and 19th centuries and whose exploits figure prominentyly in Australian hisotry and folklore. Acting individually or in small bands, these varients of classical bandits or highwaymen followed the usual pattern of robbery, rape, and murder.

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Universal franchise

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Sufferage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country.

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Indigenous

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Native, original inhabitants.

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Governor

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A person charged with the direction or control of an institution, society, etc.

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Eureka

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Used as an exclamation of triumph at a discovery.

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Federation

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The formation of a political unity, with central government, by a number of seperate states, each of which retains control of its own internal affairs.