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Gold awe!

March 25th 2010
Today’s plan was to take in the goldmining heritage of the area. Our first visit had to be the Arc de Triomph, or Victory Arch as they call it here (yoohoo Nicky & James!) (and Hannah B!) There is also a Remembrance Avenue that is over 22 kilometres long and has a tree planted for each person from Ballarat who served in WW1. We visited the Ballarat Art Galley to have a look at the original So ... read more
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Australian Flag 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
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