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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott – First Fleet Arrival “Defining Moment” Of Our History

August 30, 2014 by PA Pundits - International

By Andrew Bolt ~ For the early history of the discovery of Australia, the reasons for its settlement, that actual first voyage to Australia to settle it, and the early years of that settlement, read the short series of five Posts on this subject at this link…..TonyfromOz. As I’ve said before, your enemies will always […]

Australia (Part 5) Young Men In Boats

May 14, 2008 by TonyfromOz

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The third part of the mind set I mentioned in the previous post deals with some of the early exploration. A young man George Bass joined the Royal Navy at the age of 14. Yes, you might say that happened in those days but for you readers who have a son around the age of […]

Australia (Part 4) The Early Years

May 12, 2008 by TonyfromOz

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This is the first known painting of the settlement at Sydney Cove. It was painted by Thomas Watling. He was sentenced in 1792 to 14 years in Australia for forging a bank note. This was painted in 1794 and is titled ‘A Direct North General View Of Sydney Cove.’ The painting was presented by Sir […]

Australia (Part Three) Arrival

May 10, 2008 by TonyfromOz

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This painting depicts the landing at Sydney Cove. Click on the image to open a larger image in a new window. Image courtesy of The Mitchell Library, the State Library of New South Wales. Some of you may have visited the NASA site and seen those ingenious little NASA Mars Rovers tooling around on the […]

Australia (Part Two) Germ Of An Idea

May 8, 2008 by TonyfromOz

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This portrait is of Captain James Cook, who, as Lieutenant, commanding the Barque Endeavour, on 19th April 1770 was the first person to make landfall on the Eastern coast of the Great Southern Land, now known as Australia. This portrait was painted by Nathaniel Dance in 1775, and hangs in The National Maritime Museum at […]

Australia (Part One) The Genesis

May 6, 2008 by TonyfromOz

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These two graphics best indicate the land masses of the three main Countries mentioned here. Effectively shown is that Australia, even though the population may seem small covers quite a large area, best indicated when the land mass of Australia is superimposed over that of the US, dramatically indicating that Australia has almost the same […]