Fraser Family

Rainbow Beach, Fraser Island and Agnes Water/1770

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September 19th 2011
On Sunday 9th September we left Brisbane to move up the coast to Rainbow Beach. There were lots of people out in Brisbane with signs wanting the truth about 9/11, as I'm sure there were in lots of other cities across the world. It really showed me that although Australia is a long way from home and a long way from New York, the Western World is a pretty small place and similar things affect pe ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Agnes Water

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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