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One hundred people came on the first fleet andit is safe

The correct answer is: 586 men,192 women.

The question doesn't specify 'continuous operation'. Therefore the the correct answer is FALSE. KLM: october 7, 1919Still in operationOperations stopped during World War II (in Europe) apart from the operations in the Dutch Antilles in the Caribbean. Merged with Air France in 2004. The airline is the "Oldest operating airline by date". QANTAS: November 16, 1920Still in operationHolds title of "Second oldest operating Airline by Years in service"[2] After KLM. As well as "Oldest Continuously Operating Airline in the World."[3] Due to KLM suspending service during WW2.

British Captain James Cook in 1770In 1770, James Cook sailed along and mapped the east coast of Australia, which he named New South Wales and claimed for Great Britain.

True

1. infectious european diseases their bodies weren’t used to, forced resettlement and cultural disintegration.-the indigenous australian population, estimated at 350,000 at the time of european settlement, declined steeply for 150 years following settlement, mainly because of infectious disease combined with forced re-settlement and cultural disintegration. the removal of children from their families, which historians such as henry reynold have argued could be considered genocide by some definitions, may have contributed to the decline in the indigenous population. such interpretations of aboriginal history are disputed by some commentators as being exaggerated or fabricated for political or ideological reasons. this debate is known within australia as the history wars.

1. a gold miners\ revolt in 1854 near ballarat, victoria-the eureka stockade was the setting of a gold miners revolt in 1854 near ballarat, victoria, australia, against the officials supervising the mining of gold in the region. gold miners were not happy with having to pay for expensive mining items, the cost of a miners licence, taxes and the violent and unreasonable way they were treated by police and other officials. the miners refused to pay for their licences and erected a stockade, or a small wooden fence, gathered weapons and erected their own flag, which some called the australian flag. this was considered treason by the government and soldiers were sent to attack the stockade. 22 miners and 6 soldiers were killed in the battle, which lasted 15 minutes as the miners had little ammunition for their guns and were not trained in military combat.