Boab Prison Tree, Derby

Broome to Kununurra

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September 23rd 2011
23/9/11 Friends, Romans, Countrymen… lend me your ears… After leaving Broome, we headed to our next destination, Derby. The reason for a visit there was to see an old friend, Joy. When I say, ''old", she is in fact one month to the day younger than me! But "old" in that she was my best friend in grades 5 and 6 and we reconnected through Facebook a couple of years ago. What we discover ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Kununurra

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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