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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]
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] Blog: Tick it off ... Staircase to the Moon
Date: July 10th 2009
Yesterday we left Karratha and drove towards Point Samson, about 70 kms away. We turned off to have a look at Cossack about 18 kms before Point Samson and where we were told is another good place to view the Staircase to the moon. Cossack was once a busy port for ships loading and also for pearl diving, and was a thriving little town. Evenually the river silted making if hard for ships to get thr ... read more
Date: July 10th 2009
Yesterday we left Karratha and drove towards Point Samson, about 70 kms away. We turned off to have a look at Cossack about 18 kms before Point Samson and where we were told is another good place to view the Staircase to the moon. Cossack was once a busy port for ships loading and also for pearl diving, and was a thriving little town. Evenually the river silted making if hard for ships to get thr ... read more
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