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New Norcia

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March 19th 2014
Today was spent at New Norcia Benedictine Monastery. We took a 2hr guided tour, well worth it. We were taken through the girls and boys colleges, Abbey Church, flour mill, Monastery Chapel and Aboriginal housing. Great artwork and pressed tin ceilings. The Monastery itself is off limits and is where they make bread, olive oil and Abbey ale (7% proof) We had lunch and a glass of Abbey ale before dr ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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