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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 nam... [read more]
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 nam... [read more] Blog: Bungles and Twitchers
Date: August 28th 2008
A particularly endearing aspect of some aboriginal languages is their habit of naming things twice, just in case you didn’t catch it the first time. Thus Australia still has a smattering of towns with such unlikely names as Wujal Wujal and Wagga Wagga, a sort of built-in acoustic action replay for the hearing impaired. Generally folks these days are way too lazy for any of that sort of nonsense ... read more
Date: August 28th 2008
A particularly endearing aspect of some aboriginal languages is their habit of naming things twice, just in case you didn’t catch it the first time. Thus Australia still has a smattering of towns with such unlikely names as Wujal Wujal and Wagga Wagga, a sort of built-in acoustic action replay for the hearing impaired. Generally folks these days are way too lazy for any of that sort of nonsense ... read more
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In the late 1970s David Attenborough bravely attempted to cram the entire history of life on this planet into just under 12 hours of television. Most would agree he did a pretty good job, all things considered, but inevitably more than a few bits were left on the cutting room floor. Almost 30 years later Andy and Debbie set out from their home in Cairns, Australia, to chronicle a few of the finer points David may have missed, with particular emphasis on the remarkable decline over the intervening period of that fine specimen, the Mullet. We hope you will enjoy these 'Missing Episodes' as much ... full info
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