Irish orphan girl

Convict Sydney and Sydney Harbour Bridge - Day 9

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December 28th 2015
Today we take the tram to Hyde park and find the only reference to Christmas is a solitary Christmas tree unlike London Hyde park which is virtually inaccessible unless you pay a fee to Winter Wonderland. I prefer this Hyde park I muse as I wonder how long it will be until the Aussies also succumb to the temptation of commercial profits to be gained from Christmas. <br style="color: #0 ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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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