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Architect/preacher/hermit named Hawes designed this California mission style church in Geraldine  
   

Architect/preacher/hermit named Hawes designed this California mission style church in Geraldine

Geraldton

August 26th 2007
Hit our first rain in two months, the land around us has been mostly wild flowers and scrub the last few days, though today was wildflowers and wheat fields! Really brilliant. Beautiful little bays and an interesting history of early (pre-Cook) European ship wrecks along the coast during the spice trade era which we learned more about in the really excellent museum here in Geraldton. But I'm begin ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Geraldton

Australian Flag 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
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