An entry in which I discuss random facts learned about Australia from my museum visits.
June 26th 2011 Here is the impression I have of Australians: friendly, kind, generous, helpful people. Of course this impression is based purely on the 20-something backpacker crowd I met traveling in Europe. Far be in from me to deny the possibility that there are rude and unfriendly Australians around, but I never met them. Before I got here my preconceived notion of Australians was very warm and fuzzy. S
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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 
