Quokka
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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: Johnny Rotto
Date: June 17th 2006
Rottnest Island - or Rotto, as it is known with typical Australian brevity - lies off the coast of Fremantle and is famous for its large population of quokkas. Quokkas are small marsupials with rat-like features, and the Dutch sailors who named the island initially thought that they actually were rats hence the island's name, which is from the Dutch for "rats' nest". Rotto's accommodation was un ... read more
Date: June 17th 2006
Rottnest Island - or Rotto, as it is known with typical Australian brevity - lies off the coast of Fremantle and is famous for its large population of quokkas. Quokkas are small marsupials with rat-like features, and the Dutch sailors who named the island initially thought that they actually were rats hence the island's name, which is from the Dutch for "rats' nest". Rotto's accommodation was un ... read more
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