In this video, we look at the surprising plans various European countries made to colonize Australia, and explore the reasons they failed.

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[1] Macknight, C. (2008). "A useless discovery? Australia and its people in the eyes of others from Tasman to Cook." The Globe: Journal of the Australian Map Circle, 61, 1-10. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/38599

[2] King, Robert J. “GUSTAF III’S AUSTRALIAN COLONY.” The Great Circle, vol. 27, no. 2, 2005, pp. 3–20. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41563192.

[3] Shepherd, Briana. "Western Australia's French Connection Explored as 200-Year-Old Artefacts Show Napoleon's Plans." ABC News, 12 Sep 2018. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-1...

[4] Western Australian Museum. "De Saint Aloüarn History." https://museum.wa.gov.au/research/res...

[5] New South Wales State Library. "French in Australia: The Fate of La Perouse." https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/fre...

[6] "History of Australia." Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/place/Aust...

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