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               • Wines 
                        of Australia 
                Australia's wine industry dates back to the first European settlement 
                in 1788. The first commercial wine producers were pastoralists John 
                and Elizabeth Macarthur producing 90,000 liters vintage in 1827 
                from their Sydney farm. 
                    • Aboriginal 
                        Culture 
                    Australian Aborigines occupied this continent long before the ancient 
                    civilizations in the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas flourished, 
                    which is more than 50,000 years before European navigators visited 
                    the shores of "The Great South Land".  | 
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                   • Opera 
                  For centuries people from diverse social standards have been captivated 
                  by the classic and emotional performing art, opera. Australia was 
                  never left behind when it comes to art. The Sydney Opera House was 
                  already proposed in 1947 and the official design and architecture 
                  was submitted in 1957.  |