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Article: Australia has more to offer than Olympics.(business and industry in Australia and Cleveland, Ohio)(Brief Article)
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- Crain's Cleveland Business
- Article date:
- October 9, 2000
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The British empire once was so vast it was said the sun never set on it. It was, in fact, the largest empire ever created. From the capital of the colonial empire in London, the influence of Britain stretched to the farthest corners of the earth.
Until the middle of the 19th century, Australia was the dumping ground for the empire's convicts and other unwanteds. It was the farthest extremity in the empire -- a land for forgotten souls.
But by the mid-19th century, the tide had turned. Australia began to attract adventurers and those looking for fortune or a place to start a new life.
Though one of the largest nations on earth -- about the size ...