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 | | Various surveys conducted before and since the referendum suggest that the majority of Australians favour some form of republic, and hence many people ascribe the negative result of the referendum to dissatisfaction with the particular republican model that was proposed (A further discussion of this issue can be found in the topic Australian republicanism). |
 | | The Indigenous Australian population, estimated at about 500,000 at the time of European settlement, declined steeply for 150 years but had recovered to 386,049 (including Torres Strait Islanders, who are of Papuan descent) in 1996. |
 | | Although the Australian colonies were founded as a penal colonies (except for South Australia and Western Australia - with the latter later receiving convicts), the transportation of British convicts to Australian colonies was gradually phased out between 1840 and 1868. |
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