Vanajek!
My miner friend Roger at his family's claim (I think. I have never met anyone my age (he is 28)who does that sort of job. I can think of a few guys back home living the suited and booted life, or who are too busy smoking draw to get off their middle class whiteboy arses to do something with their lives, who could use a chat and a beer with Roger. He was a fascinating boy and a lot of fun too.I should mention that his older sister is the first fully qualified female engineer in Australia (I think that was what he said, with pride - good to see) and heads up something very important for BHP. Vanajek junior has no flies on him either.
Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more 
