Aboriginal playing Didgeridoo

Blue Mountains

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January 15th 2007
From Orange I decided to go across the Blue Mountains and to stop at Katoomba, only an hours drive .Found a backpacker place to stay and then went exploring. The Blue Mountains;why are they called such ?The area is densely populated with eucalyptus trees the oily mist they give off inconjunction with the dust particles in the light create the blue coloured haze . There is evidence of Aborigin ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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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