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Australia Day!

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April 16th 2008
Day 305 (26.1.08) Happy Australia Day! Something we’ve learnt since being in Australia is that if there’s an excuse for having a public holiday then they’ll go for it - do you know they even have day off for the Queen’s birthday? Even in England we don’t get that! Anyway, since Australia day fell on a Saturday this year, Monday would be a day off for all - nice! We started the day wit ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne

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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