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Western Australia (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 25 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -25.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 122 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 122.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: First sighted by Europeans 1616 (Hartog); wide climatic variation including deserts and semi-tropical areas; agricultural & mining region; site of US naval communications center; chief cities are Perth and Fremantle. |
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| Western Australia (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Western Australia, State of (C,V,English,U)
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| State of Western Australia (C,V,O,English,U)
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| West-Australien (C,V,German,U)
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| AS08 (C,V,FIPS)
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| מערב אוסטרליה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Austrália Ocidental (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Australie-Occidentale (C,U,French)
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| Länsi-Australia (C,U,Finnish)
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| Swan River Colony (C,U)
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| West Australia (C,U,English)
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| Westaustralien (C,U,German)
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| West Coast (C,U,English)
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| Штат Западная Австралия (C,U,Russian)
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| Западная Австралия (C,U,Russian)
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| state (preferred, C) |
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established 1890; last to ratify federation 1900 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| annex (H) |
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formal possession by England, 1791-1829 |
| colony (H) |
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British, 1829-1890 |
| penal settlement (H) |
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1850-1888 |
| area (C) |
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