Wyndham

They say the Gulf and surrounding rivers is one of the largest breeding systems for 'salties' in the world...they sure do get big!

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Wyndham, WA

June 15th 2012
Wyndham 15th June 2012 In 1819 Phillip Parker King was the first European to visit the area. He was commissioned to find a river 'likely to lead to an interior navigation of the great continent'. King found the Cambridge Gulf, which he named after the Duke of Cambridge, and then sailed up a river which was subsequently named after him. Finding no fresh water on the mudflat ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Wyndham

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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