The Welcome Wall

The family's arrival in Australia is commemorated on the Welcome Wall in Fremantle (6th entry down)... a little bit of family history on a foreign shore. © L. Birch 2007

Beneath a Southern Sky

September 16th 2007
TransPerth trains had a very helpful habit of telling you where you were and where you were going. "The next station stop," the lightly accented voice would announce over the PA system, "Is Kuranda." It made city navigation so much easier. And, should you chance to fall asleep and miss your stop, the PA system would be on hand to inform you - most helpfully - that you had in fact missed your stop. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Fremantle

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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