the rest of the world. This has resulted in the evolution of many unique plants

and animals and the development of a very fragile ecosystem. This ecosystem has

been influenced by human immigration for many thousands of years.

The original immigrants were the Aborigines who are thought to have

migrated to Australia from Asia between 50 and 100 thousand years ago. These

primitive people learned to live in the inhospitable environment of Australia

with very little effect. Their major environmental impact was from the use of

controlled burning of the land. Over the years they had learned the benefit of

periodic fires to control pests and to clear debris before it accumulated and

led to large uncontrolled disastrous fires. This also returned nutrients to the

soil which helped to grow back new vegetation. Unlike those who followed, the

Aborigines had very little impact on the environment.

Following the Aborigines, Asian seafarers are believed to have traveled

to Australia to trade on the north shores. Experts are not sure, but they

believe that these seafarers are the ones who first introduced the dingo into

and water can not easily get through it. Over grazing quickly led to soil

their hooves destroy the fragile soil by trampling it down so hard that roots

1788 but found it unsuitable for a colony. They then moved north to Port

They also brought with them cultural beliefs including the Christian belief that

penal colony since England's prisons were very overcrowded. That year, on May

European immigrants did not come to Australia until after April 29, 1770

with imported ones. The list of these plants grew year after year. Some failed

few centuries has been devastating. The original European immigrants could not

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