Sign in Melbourne Museum

Back in Melbourne

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December 1st 2007
Day 27: Hostel sweet hostel Well, here I am back in Melbourne again and determined to see a little more of it than on my last visit! Having managed to sleep through the incredible snoring emerging from the bunk below me, I was finally awoken at 5am when the Irish couple woke up to go on their day trip. There was then no hope of getting back to sleep and when the snoring man finally got up three ... read more

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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