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Oliver's Sword

An unexpectedly wonderful detour

January 10th 2011
We are packing our caravan to head off to Coorow, and finally say good bye to Geraldton, where we have spent the past week, and what a wonderful, wonderful week it was. I have long been drawn to Geraldton after studying Randolph Stow’s Merry-Go-Round In The Sea as a school set work, but travelling north was never on our holiday agenda (as a family we generally went down south to the wine region, ... read more
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Australian Flag 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
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21st January 2011

wow! what a find...
hello all, enjoying the blog. So sorry i didn't get to see you before you left again, i missed your calls and then caught up with my sister here and am kicking myself. will have to meet you somewhere exciting in the outback... I have a couple of "pieces of eight" (said in a parrot voice) from the Guilt Dragon that crashed off the coast near where the sword was found. Could be the find of the century! Buried treasure, how exciting. love to all, marie xxxx

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