In this video, we look at the surprising plans various European countries made to colonize Australia, and explore the reasons they failed.
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Sources and further reading
Macknight, C. (2008). A useless discovery? Australia and its people in the eyes of others from Tasman to Cook. The Globe: Journal of the Australian Map Circle, 61, 1-10.
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