Mataranka

Mataranka

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July 24th 2012
<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mataranka 24th July 2012 We left Kakadu at about 8am and headed for Katherine. We did a big grocery shop, had lunch and drove on to Mataranka. We had a swim in the hot springs and also saw the replica “We of the never never” homestead, made for the 1981 movie based on the book by Jeannie Gunn. We camped in Elsey National Par ... 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