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“ABBREVIATIONS” –>
“WA”
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“1 (of ‘6’) australian states”
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*”western australia” is a ‘state’ occupying the entire ‘western third’ of ‘australia’*
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(it is bounded by the ‘indian ocean’ to the ‘north’ and ‘west’, the ‘great australian bight’ and ‘southern ocean’ to the ‘south’, the ‘northern territory’ to the ‘northeast’ and ‘south australia’ to the ‘southeast’)
(‘western australia’ is australia’s largest state with a ‘total land area’ of ‘2,529,875 square kilometers’ (or ‘976,790 square miles’), and the ‘second-largest country subdivision’ in the world, surpassed only by russia’s ‘sakha republic’ – however, a significant part of it is ‘sparsely populated’)
(the state has about ‘2.6 million inhabitants’, around 11% of the national total)
(92% of the population lives in the ‘southwest corner’ of the ‘state’)
(the first european visitor to ‘western australia’ was the dutch explorer ‘dirk hartog’, who visited the ‘western australian coast’ in ‘1616’)
(the first european settlement of ‘western australia’ occurred following the landing by ‘major edmund lockyer’ on ’26 december 1826′ of an expedition on behalf of the ‘new south wales’ colonial government)
(he established a ‘convict-supported military garrison’ at ‘king george III sound’ (at present-day ‘albany’), and on ’21 january 1827′ formally took possession of the western third of the continent for the ‘british crown’)
(this was followed by the establishment of the ‘swan river colony’ in ‘1829’, including the site of the present-day capital, ‘perth’)
(‘york’ was the first inland settlement in ‘western australia’)
(situated 97 kilometers east of ‘perth’, it was settled on ’16 september 1831′)
(‘western australia’ achieved ‘responsible government’ in ‘1890’, and federated with the other ‘british colonies’ in ‘australia’ in ‘1901’)
(today its economy mainly relies on ‘mining’, ‘agriculture’, and ‘tourism’)
(the state produces 46% of australia’s exports)
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(‘western australia’ is the 2nd-largest ‘iron ore’ producer in the world)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈☜*“THE 6 AUSTRALIAN STATES”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥