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The last British convicts were transported to the western coast of Australia in 1868, and Australia was declared an independent nation in 1901.
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**//Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources.//** Ed. K. Lee Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, and Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner. Detroit: Gale, 2006. p28-31.
====Sound: English folk dance (Home Article: [|England]) ====

Sutcliffe, Anthony, and Peter R. Mounfield. "England." //World Book Student.// World Book, 2010. Web. 9 Dec. 2010.


Big Ben is a famous bell in the Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament in London. The bell weighs about 15 short tons (14 metric tons). It stands 7 1/2 feet (2.3 meters) high and has a diameter of 9 feet (2.7 meters). Big Ben first tolled in 1859. Church, Andrew. "Big Ben." //World Book Student.// World Book, 2010. Web. 15 Dec. 2010. This British Union Flag, adopted by Britain in 1606, began flying in Canada in the 1600's. It shows two British symbols-the red cross of St. George, symbolizing England, and the white cross of St. Andrew, representing Scotland.

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English settlement in America was made at Jamestown in 1607.

Tunnell, Ted, and Susan L. Woodward. "Virginia." //World Book Student.// World Book, 2010. Web. 15 Dec. 2010. World Book map; map data © MapQuest.com, Inc.