尽管澳大利亚地处南半球,离欧洲万里之遥,然而,自从1770年英国海军的詹姆斯·库克船长在澳洲大陆升起第一面英国国旗之后,无论是欧洲人,还是澳大利亚人,都有意无意地把澳洲看作是欧洲的海外部分。之所以产生这种观念,一方面是因为澳大利亚属英联邦成员国,又由欧洲移民所统治;而更重要的原因在经济方面,即澳大利亚的经济对外依赖程度尤其是对欧洲的依赖程度较 Although Australia is located in the southern hemisphere, thousands of miles away from Europe, however, since Captain James Cook of the British Navy raised his first British flag on the Australian mainland in 1770, both the Europeans and the Australians have intentionally or unintentionally Think of Australia as an overseas part of Europe. The reason for this conception is that on the one hand, Australia is a member of the Commonwealth and it is ruled by European immigrants. The more important reason is that in economic terms, that is, Australia’s dependence on foreign economies, especially its dependence on Europe, is more important.