Australian Museum

Sydney

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April 26th 2009
Today was Sunday so a resolved to have a relaxing day. I went to Hyde Park and watched a game of chess being placed on the giant chess board before heading over to the Australian Museum. The Australian Museum is like the Natural History Museum and has a collection of dinosaurs and at the moment an exhibition of Mammoths. I then spent a couple of hour ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Darling Harbour

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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