Gold Decor!

Visit to Parliament

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January 12th 2007
Hola! I will keep this one short and sweet because I doubt anyone is really interested in learning about the Victorian State Parliament.....however, I found it fairly interesting. The Australian government is structured similar to the U.S. in many ways, but also very different in other respects. I visited the Victorian State Parliament on Friday, January 12th. The building was immaculate. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » Bourke Street

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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