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 | | However, while white Australia nationalized the past, a process that was welcomed and supported across the political spectrum, the indigenous colonized people began to develop a powerful voice to challenge not only imperial history, but also this more recent home-grown revision. |
| | They are informed that the Dutch were the first Westerners to sight the island in the early 17th century, that it is one of the most beautiful in the Indian Ocean, and that it has many enjoyable natural features and leisure activities to offer. |
| | Basically and very briefly, it is accepted that the British colonization of Australia occurred as part of the world wide expansion of British capitalist interests; the need for increasing amounts of raw materials, the requirement for geo-strategic advantage over her rivals, France in particular, and the creation and domination of overseas markets and trade. |
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