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 | | Australia´s neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the French dependency of New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast. |
 | | As the population grew and new areas were explored, another five largely self-governing Crown Colonies were successively established over the course of the nineteenth century. |
 | | On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies was achieved after a decade of planning, consultation and voting, and the Commonwealth of Australia was born, as a Dominion of the British Empire. |
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