Thiswas initially a British settlement;

这最初是英国的解决办法；

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Newcastle's love affair with coal is almost as old as British settlement of Australia.

纽卡斯尔与煤炭的亲密关系，几乎与英国殖民澳大利亚的历史一样悠久。

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The first British settlement, a penal colony at Fort Jackson (now part of Sydney), was established in 788.

英国于788年在杰克逊堡（现悉尼一部分）建立第一块流放殖民者居住地。

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He was a wealthy British investor who supported the settlement of Roanoke Island.

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Until about twenty years ago, the entire Australian continent was considered to have been, for legal purposes, terra nullius, land belonging to no one, at the moment British settlement began.

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The prime minister wants to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the EU before putting a new settlement to the British people.

BBC: David Cameron: EU must reduce proposed budget rises

Swiss bank UBS is reportedly near a settlement with American and British regulators over interest-rate rigging.

FORBES: Libor Scandal Extended To UBS: Bank Reportedly Near $450M Settlement With Regulators