Brisbane Botanical garden

Queensland - Brisbane

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February 25th 2010
I entered Queensland in the town of Tweed Heads, where a memorial monument for Captain James Cook is built, the first European to make contact with the Australian indigenous people in the 18th century. It is built on the border of New South Wales and Queensland. I was heading for Brisbane though, one of Australia's major cities. Before arriving in Brisbane, I passed through the Gold Coast, which i ... 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