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Rat your right on the money with most things [thanks for the succinct explanation of the british system],
but, just a couple of points re. australia ['cause you're way off the mark on this one]
no dutch colony ever existed in what is now called australia, some dutch maps exist which name the landmass New Holland, but only about two dutch ships landed in western australia and were so scared they sailed on
there was an english invasion and then genocide here [which continues with local masters] :: english invasion also took place in new zealand
there was a guerrilla front just 30km north of sydney which took the red coats 60 years to break [and hardly any australians even know about it]
the red coats were fighting the aora koori nation [aboriginals if you like] not dutch not french
also speaking of another land invaded by the english and displaced people, huge numbers of irish dissidents were transported here in colonial times
to say that the british never fought in australia is as offencive as denying the nazi holocaust [but i assume that it is symptomatic of ignorance rather than any malicious revisionism]
englishmen spilt an awful deal of blood in my country [and continue to do their best to forget it]
the closest thing to a scuffle between two european powers here was when a french ship turned up to find the british already here [and left after about 40 days of hanging out amicably with the british invaders]