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gptkbp:instanceOf
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British colony
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gptkbp:area
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Western third of Australia
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gptkbp:capital
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gptkb:Perth
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gptkbp:currency
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Pound sterling
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1832
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gptkbp:established
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1829
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gptkbp:firstSettlersArrived
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June 1829
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gptkbp:flag
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gptkb:Union_Jack
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:James_Stirling
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gptkbp:governor
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gptkb:James_Stirling
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Swan River Colony
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gptkbp:initialSettlement
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gptkb:Perth
gptkb:Guildford
gptkb:Fremantle
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Western_Australia
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Swan_River
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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arrival of HMS Sulphur
arrival of Parmelia
establishment of Perth
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:John_Septimus_Roe
gptkb:William_Preston
George Fletcher Moore
Thomas Peel
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:British_Empire
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gptkbp:population
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about 1,500 (by 1832)
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gptkbp:predecessor
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uncolonised land (by British)
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gptkbp:purpose
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free settlement
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Aboriginal_Australians
convict transportation (later in Western Australia)
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gptkbp:replacedBy
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Colony of Western Australia
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gptkbp:successor
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Colony of Western Australia
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Admiral_Sir_James_Stirling
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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