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All God's Creatures Great and Small

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February 2nd 2011
According to the Book of Genesis, God created all of the creatures of the Earth on the sixth day. For the past 51 1/2 years I have assumed it included your standard lions and tigers and bears (Oh my!)...but yesterday's encounters with many of the indigenous creatures of this vast country reminded me that there had to be room on the ark for many others. And a strange group indeed!!! Yesterday I ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » CBD

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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