Gorge 1

CAIRNS

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November 14th 2011
We noticed in a previous blog report that we didn’t finish telling you about the person who built Paronella Park. Well it was a guy by the name of Jose Paronella who was Spanish and arrived in Australia in 1913. He worked hard for 11 years creating his wealth by buying, improving and selling cane farms and whilst travelling through the countryside he discovered a virgin forest alongside Mena C ... read more

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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