Cataract Gorge

Australia Day

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January 26th 2017
Today is Australia Day, here down under. Like our 4th of July, this is the day the Australians celebrate their independence - kind of. It is also a very controversial day here as it means the day the British prisoners made Australia a country, but moving and imprisoning the many Aborigines necessary to create this country. Many here are not proud of it and will not celebrate. We in the US cel ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania

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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