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James poses for us at the East Kalgoorlie primary school  
   

James poses for us at the East Kalgoorlie primary school

A Miner part of Western Australia

August 19th 2007
I am in Kalgoorlie with nothing to do on a Sunday afternoon. My train doesn't leave for another 9 hours, and the town has virtually shut down - nothing is open. No shops, even supermarkets to supply myself for the 2 day train trip, are open. We arrived very late Thursday night because it's a 6 hour trip and we didn't leave Perth until nearly 8 pm. There were 12 in the mini-bus, all teachers ... read more
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Australian Flag 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
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