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Welcome to Aus V USA Dot COM. A series of thoughts about the differences between Australia and the USA The differences between Australia and the United States of America are many. But the similarities are many too! From our common ancestry of English colonization to our shared global conflicts Australians and Americans have many opportunites to be regarded as allies and friends. Even the settlement of Australia is tied to the United States. The Lords of the Admiralty in London were confronted by the fact that the floating prisons on the Thames River in London were rapidly filling, due in part no doubt to the American War of Independence and the closing of the Colonial Prisons in the New World of America. Eventually in 1788 the Lords set forth a Fleet of 11 ships to the Great Southern Land that had been found by many explorers over the years from many countries, but especially by Captain James Cook. His voyage of discovery to Australia in 1770 in the Endeavour established potential sites for colonization and also mapped much of the East Coast of Australia. His accompanying Botanist, Joseph Banks, had gathered substantial numbers of specimens to make the Lords believe that a new Colony would be possible. On this site I will outline the various ways that the two countries of Australia and America are different and similar. I will share some of the cultural experiences I have enjoyed since marrying an American citizen and my years of living here in the USA. Always more to come Thanks for supporting my advertisers it helps to pay my bills.
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