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Reefs, Rivers and Rainforest

January 3rd 2006
Quirky Factsheet No 3! The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest reef and spans more than 2000km of Queensland's coastline. It is the only living thing on Earth that can be seen from space. Tropical North Queensland is the only place in the world where two World Heritage Sites - the Reef and the Tropical Rainforest - share a border. "Finding Nemo" wasn't totally acc ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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