New geographies . AUSTRALIA, THE EAST INDIES, AND OTHER ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC 239 As in Canada, the several states, in-cluding the Island of Tasmania on thesouth, have combined to form a they form a British depen-dency, as Canada does. This is calledthe Commonwealth of Australia. When the English began to settle Australia, over a century ago, they found , ^ very strange Native plants, ° animals, and plants, ani- peopieofAus- mals, and tralia i ,i people , these were quitedifferent from those foundelsewhere. Giant trees, nearly as largeas those of our west coast,were
New geographies . AUSTRALIA, THE EAST INDIES, AND OTHER ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC 239 As in Canada, the several states, in-cluding the Island of Tasmania on thesouth, have combined to form a they form a British depen-dency, as Canada does. This is calledthe Commonwealth of Australia. When the English began to settle Australia, over a century ago, they found , ^ very strange Native plants, ° animals, and plants, ani- peopieofAus- mals, and tralia i ,i people , these were quitedifferent from those foundelsewhere. Giant trees, nearly as largeas those of our west coast,were found growing along theeastern coast; and in the for-ests were great tree ferns(Fig. 303). Part of the in-terior was covered by a lowbush, or scrub, having hard,prickly leaves, and often grow-ing so densely that it wasdifficult to make ones waythrough it. This was calledthe Bush. None of the fierce animals,like bears, wolves, tigers, andlions, that are common inother continents, were found in Australia. Thelarge
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