Telling about Gregory's explorations

Under the trees at Katherine

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July 26th 2009
After leaving the Timber Creek caravan park this morning, we retraced our steps west, to look at Gregory’s tree, We'd passed the turn off a couple of times on our last trip, so decided this time we'd have a look. There is a large boab tree near the Victoria River and it is here where the explorer, Augustus Gregory and his party, who were exploring the interior of the north, set up camp for nin ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Katherine

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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