Ballarat and Sovereign Hill

Striking Gold at Sovereign Hill

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June 29th 2008
Day 454 to 460 (23.06.08 - 29.06.08) Monday and Tuesday were much the same as usual. We hosted Andre for dinner on Wednesday and we got smashed yet again at basketball in the evening … never mind! Thursday evening we went into town to meet up with Sarah (our Nora friend) who had told us about a free concert in the city at ABC radio. It was a collection of musical acts from all over Melbourn ... 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