Military Museum

Wednesday Nov 22, 2017

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November 22nd 2017
We got to see a lot of Darwin today. The weather started off great, nice and cool at maybe mid-twenties, and not humid. That changed quickly at about 1 pm with thunderstorms and a torrential downpour. Luckily we were inside at that point. The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory featured the enormous stuffed salty “Sweetheart”, Aboriginee art and displays of the Christmas 1974 Cyc ... 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