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=__Western Australia__ __The History of Western Australia__= Aboriginals have been in Western Australia for about 120,000 years. In that time they had 21 different groups living there, including Wunanbal and Ngairinyin. Each group had its own language to use. Everyone had his or her own being, that did the same things as the Aboriginals did, which was hunt or dig for food, perform ceremonies, build shelters or left markings.

__The Effect of the Europeans Settlement__
In 1829 Europeans had brought the influenza into Australia and had killed many by 1845. Then in 1829 the Swan River Settlement had started and finished in 1830. Aboriginals were forced to attack British live stock and gather crops. British thought this was against the law. British thought Aboriginals had no rights to the land that was theirs. A party of soldiers were led by governor Stirling himself lead the troops to the Pinjarra District were the murder had happened and had found a group of Aboriginals on the bank south of the Swan River (Which is now Perth)

__Facts__
The poplaution of Western Australia is 2,130,800 4th of december 2007. The flora Western Australia is the One-sided Bottlebrushes. Family Myrtaceae. The faunal emblems are the Numbat And the Black Swan. The capital city of Western Australia   is Perth. The climate of Western Australia is 23 degrees and rain most in June. The time zone of Western Australia is UTC+8. The Premier of Western Australia is Colin Barrent

__**Native Plants and Animals**__
The Native bird of Western Australia is the Black Swan. The Native Animal is the Numbat. The Native Plant of Western Australia is Mangles' Kangroo Paw.

__Mapping and Directions__
The Latitude and Longitude of the capital of western australia is at 31 Degrees South 57 and 155 Degrees North 52 and covers 7682300 square kilometres.

__Government and Law__
Western Australian has three levels of Government which is Fedral, State and Local. There are two levels of Government Lower Government and Higher Government. The Fedral Western Australia Government are in charge of Education, Transport(State roads, Railways), Health(Hospitals), Local Government, Law and Order and Environment protection. The Western Australia Government is in charge of Taxation, Defence, Socal Security(Unemployment Benfits, Pensions), Health(Medicare), Transport(National Highways) and Immigration.

__Fedral Parliament__
The Senate is the Upper House. There are 76 membersn in the Senate: 12 from each state, two from the Australia Capital Territory and two from the Northern Territory. The Senate reviews Bills, which are drawn up in the House of Representatives.

__**The House of Representatives**__
There are 148 House of Representatives. The number of representatives from each state depends on the population of that state, but no state will have fewer than five members. Western Australia has 13 members in the House of Representatives. The leader of the government party - the party that won the last federal election is called the Opposition. Elections for the House of Representatives are held regulary so that people can change the Government