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April 1st 2006
On our second day in Brisbane staying with Chantel we headed to the Museum of Queensland. It was a kind of standard city museum covering everything about the history of Australia and wildlife etc. Was ok but nothing to rave about. In the afternoon after a spot of lunch we went to an area of Brisbane called South Bank, similar to that in London as it too was on the river side, but here they have g ... 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