Shrine of Remembrance

Back to Oz

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April 28th 2007
Gold Coast to Melbourne Autumn was fast approaching in New Zealand and that was my queue to hightail it back to Australia and its warm sun. The next month was to be spent filling in some gaps I had missed on the first time around, and catching up with old friends, but consequently this will be a short entry. The first couple weeks were spent on the Gold Coast catc ... 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