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Aborigine

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An indigenous inhabitant esp. as contrasted with an invading or colonizing people

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convict

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A person serving a prison sentence usu. for a long time

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penal colony

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A code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment

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uncharted

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Not recorded or plotted on a map, chart, or plan

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continent

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One of the great divisions of land (N. America, S. America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, or Antartica)

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squatter

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One that settles on land without right or title or payment of rent. 2) One that settles on public land under government regulation with the purpose of acquiring title

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gold rush

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A thronging of people usu. to a new place and in search of gold

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kangaroo

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Any of various herbivorous leaping marsupial mammals of Australia with a small head, long powerful hind legs, and a long thick tail used as a support and in balancing

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wombat

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any of several stocky burrowing Australian marsupials resembling small bears

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cockatoo

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Any of numerous large noisy usu. showy and crested chiefly Australasian parrots

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federation

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The formation of a federal union. A union of organizations

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marsupial

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Any of an order of lowly mammals comprising kangaroos, opossums, and related animals that have a pouch on the abdomen of the female containing the teats and serving to carry the young

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tiger snake

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A highly venemous brown and yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania

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internal affairs

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A division of a law enforcement agency which investigates incidents and plausible suspicions of lawbreaking and professional misconduct attributed to officers on the force

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redistribute

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To distribute again in a different way; reallocate

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taipan snake

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Largest and most poisonous snake in Australia

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echidna

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A spiny-coated toothless burrowing egg-laying mammal of Australia with a tapering snout and long tongue for eating ants

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platypus

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A small aquatic egg-laying mammal of southern and eastern Australia and Tasmania with a fleshy bill resembling that of a duck, webbed feet, and a broad flattened tail

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koala

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An Australian arboreal marsupial that has large hairy ears, gray fur, and no tail and feeds on eucalyptus leaves

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wallaby

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Any of various small or medium-sized usu. brightly colored kangaroos native to Australia

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kookaburra

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An Australian kingfisher that is about the size of a crow and has a call resembling loud laughter

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acacia

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Any of numerous woody plants of the legume family with ball-shaped white or yellow flower clusters and often pinnate leaves

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eucalyptus

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Any of a genus of mostly Australian evergreen trees of the myrtle family including many that are widely cultivated for their gums, resins, oils, and useful woods