Dian Fossey

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

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May 28th 2015
Twenty years ago, I received a stuffed toy. Not a fancy toy, not even an expensive toy…just a stuffed toy. I named the toy Digit - he was a Gorilla. I would never have believed that Digit could be so influential on my life. The toy got me asking questions and so it was at this young age, that I learnt about the Mountain Gorillas of Africa. Obsessed, I learnt everything I could about th ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Malanda

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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