View from the remembrance shrine

Hello Melbourne

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January 31st 2015
Lana (my roommate) and I went to the Rememberance Shrine this morning which was so much better than I was expecting. There was a museum all about Australia's contribution to all the wars from WWI until now and a gallery of art and poems by people who were involved in any of the wars in any way which was really sad. We went to the top of the shrine where there's a balcony and you can see the Melbou ... 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