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Sleepless in Perth

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October 27th 2007
Day 216 (27.10.07) To start the day we went into the city to do part of the walking tour in our book around the sights of Perth. The start of this took us to the Art gallery of Western Australia, near the train station. Neither of us are what you would consider true art buffs however there was a really interesting section on aboriginal art (one painting in particular that we took time to sit d ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth

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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