University of Melbourne

One Last Week in Oz

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April 28th 2007
After living here for 8 months followed by a six week trip to Southeast Asia, I'm came back to Australia for six days to say my goodbyes to my neice and nephew and other friends I made (and hello to my brother who is here and taking the same flight home). When I arrived from Bangkok I had 12 hours to kill in Sydney, but, almost no money to spend. Fortunately walking around is still free, so I ... read more

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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