Some birds

Brisbane on a day that made history

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January 12th 2011
11 January 2011 You cannot have lived through today anywhere near a TV or radio without having noticed that, this morning, something big started to happen in Brisbane. Last night as we were looking at the coverage of events in Toowoomba, conversation drifted towards how, or if, the flooding up stream was likely to impact on Brisbane. Chris thought it unlikely that we would end up stran ... 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