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LOCATION: It is located in the Southern hemisphere between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. SIZE: (more)

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English is the National Language of Australia. “ (...) spoken by native-born Australians, and by (more)

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Australian English is different from the British, American or other Englishes. There are also (more)

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Linguistic difference between British English and the Australian variety: same words with (more)

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Aboriginal LanguagesAt the verge of Extintion Between 250 or 300 Aboriginal languages were spoken (more)

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Half of the Aboriginal languages disappeared, the only survivors are now spoken in Northern (more)

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Ballyn, S. & Barnes, J. (1998). Imagining Australia: A Handbook for European students. Barcelona: (more)

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The Middle Ages, 1154 - 1485 Social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, (more)

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HOUSE OF PLANTAGENET Founded by Geoffrey V of Anjou, father of Henry II of England, First (more)

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HISTORY Henry IV : House of Lancaster (1399) Henry V mantained the family crown. Henry VI (more)

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THE OUTCOME Henry Tudor defeated Richard III. Crowned as Henry VII, and married Elizabeth of (more)

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The House of Tudor subsequently ruled England and Wales for 117 years. THE EMBLEM OF THE (more)

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Protestant Reformation Creation of a network of spies English defeated the Spanish … GOOD (more)

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