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Birdsville - Where The Dust Never Settles

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September 7th 2015
Well this one has been on the bucket list for a very long time. Birdsville, a small town located on land traditionally owned by the Wangkanguru People, in the Channel Country of Central West Queensland. It is 1,590 kilometres west of Brissy and is located on the edge of the Simpson Desert. With a current population of about 100 people (nine of which attend the local school) the place swells to an ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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