Re:Queen Elizabeth II has died
by denkmoon on Thursday September 08, 2022 @10:16PM
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Common sense would dictate that GP is talking about the country not the continent, as continents typically do not have heads of state :)
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While that is true, it's not typically how the phrase "Australia's history" is interpreted.
It's common for "Australia's history" to refer to pre-colonisation in addition to the last couple of hundred years.
This is almost certainly because Australians see the country and the continent as 'the same' for all intents and purposes.