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"Eric Hocking" wrote in message
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Australia was "discovered" by Lieutenant James Cook in 1770 when he came
ashore at the place called 1770. Australia lost it's independence that
day as he claimed the place for the British.

Australia could not have lost it's independence to the Brits in 1770.

Australia as a nation didn't EXIST until it was CLAIMED by the Brits.

Then it was POPULATED by the Brits.

First Fleet (the beginning of British occupation) -- 1778
Australia as a nation -- 1901

Typical Queenslander red-neck to forget that some other people had
already populated New Holland way before us whiteys got there.

Captain Cook wasn't a Queenslander.
"New Holland" is a whitey term

Yep - I was being ironic.

Rather like the irony of the name of the state that the OP is posting from,
given the subject of the thread.

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Eric Hocking
"A closed mouth gathers no feet"
"Ignorance is a renewable resource" P.J.O'Rourke
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