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--- history:h_australia [2025/10/28 07:27] – [New Holland becomes Australia under British rule] gary1
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   * 1861: **explorers Burke & Wills disappear exploring the outback** trying to find a route from Melbourne to northern coast.
   * 1860's: South Australian explorer Stuart makes six expeditions to finally get to the northern coast from Adelaide to form a route to lay the foundation for Todd's overland telegraph line.
+  * 1860's: the Indian, or common, myna, //Acridotheres tristis// bird was introduced to reduce insects but it has now become the pest as it is a highly invasive species, very aggressive to native birds
   * 1863: Pacific Island labourers recruited, mainly for cheap, indentured labour on Qld sugar plantations, Australia's closest brush with slavery, by 1904 when it ended, 62,000 had been recruited, mostly from Vanuatu & Solomon Islands
   * 1864: bushranger Frank Gardiner captured;