Commonwealth of Australia

Definitions of Commonwealth of Australia
  1. noun
    a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
    synonyms: Australia
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    country, land, state
    the territory occupied by a nation
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