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Murray Bridge, Roxby Downs & Uluru

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August 8th 2011
We are officially on our way home now. Tonight we are staying at Murray Bridge in South Australia after a big drive down from Roxby Downs, which is a mining town where they mine Copper, Uranium, Gold & Silver. Our Dad’s cousin Leah lives there. We went to a small Opal mining town called Andamooka for lunch on Sunday with Leah, her husband Scott & their son Brody. He is 15 months old. On Friday ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Murray Bridge

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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