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Straddie and Moreton Bay Trip 3/13-3/15

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March 15th 2009
Fri March 13- This weekend was the first of two weekends which I’ll be going on trips with my Australian Marine Ecosystems class. We went to the Moreton Bay Research Center on North Stradbroke Island. The day started early, we met at the main UQ bus stop at 7am to catch a ferry. There were 58 students from the class on this one particular trip. Anyway, we took about an hr and a half bus ride to ... 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