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Hamilton Island & the best Beach (Whitehaven)

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March 17th 2010
Friday 26th February - Thursday 4th march Hamilton Island, part of the Whitsunday group. Hamilton Island is used almost exclusively for tourism. Hamilton Island is the second largest inhabited island of the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, Australia. Hamilton Island, like most in the Whitsunday group, was formed as sea levels rose creating numerous drowned mountains that are situated c ... 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