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Crossing the Great Dividing Range—surveying an ancient land - Australia's Culture PortalErnest Revell, Three Sisters, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, c. In March 1812, the Colonial Surveyor George William Evans was sent to explore Jervis Bay, to determine a possible inland route back to Port Jackson. Other explorers, such as Hume and Hove...
The introduction of camels and the so-called 'Afghan' cameleers proved to be a turning point in the exploration and development of the Australian interior. Image courtesy of the State Library of South Australia: B 14739. Image courtesy of the State Libra...
Creating the Canning Stock Route was the answer to a host of challenges presented by the Australian outback. Surveyed and created in the early 1900s, the scale of the Canning Stock Route is epic. John Carty, oral historian and anthropologist from the Au...
Observations of Australia's unique fauna and flora, combined with considerations of the continent's geographical isolation, contributed toward Charles Darwin (1809–1882) developing his theory of evolution by natural selection. Darwin's theory of ev...
J. C. Armytage, Return of Burke and Wills to Coopers Creek, engraving, in Australia by Edwin Carton Booth, opp. Explorers set out to discover rivers and land suitable for agriculture as well as to survey the land. A major expedition usually produced a p...
This includes Pleistocene era Aboriginal body fossils, many of which were removed and sent overseas. The Riversleigh fossil site, near Mount Isa Queensland, is recognised as one of the most important fossil sites in the world. The Riversleigh and Narrac...
With mounting evidence and stories circulating about their seemingly miraculous ability to find people, Aboriginal trackers' abilities became legendary in the minds of white Australians. Paul Raffaele, Aboriginal tracker Teddy Egan and son. The Australi...
Jack Laver, Bob Carew up a pole of the Overland Telegraph Line, 1921. Image courtesy of the State Library of South Australia: b2100793. Image courtesy of the State Library of South Australia: B 6793....
Eventually, streams catch more water or join other streams to form a river. The Murray River and its main tributary, the Darling River, are the two main rivers in the Murray-Darling River Basin. The Snowy River is probably Australia's most famous river,...
Other rock structures in Australia, like Uluru, Mount Augustus and Bald Rock, have been described as monoliths. Uluru is located in the National Heritage Listed Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park about 335km to the south-west of Alice Springs in Northern Ter...
Even though the four 'official' calendar seasons have the same names as the northern hemisphere seasons, the weather during these seasons is very different to northern hemisphere weather patterns. Indigenous Australians have long had their own seasonal c...
As Australia had no native grape varieties suitable for wine-making, grapes were imported from Europe and much of the wine produced was shipped back to the United Kingdom. Early wine production at Lindemans, established in the Hunter Valley (New South Wa...
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Best roadtrips of the Great Dividing Range | The Courier-Mail (website The Courier-Mail )This is a classic smooth tarmac road winding up and over mountain ranges and through national parks between Gloucester and Walcha. This stretch of ridge riding consists of several roads such as Coolamon Scenic Drive, Federal Rd, Repentance Creek Rd and D...
This is a classic smooth tarmac road winding up and over mountain ranges and through national parks between Gloucester and Walcha. This stretch of ridge riding consists of several roads such as Coolamon Scenic Drive, Federal Rd, Repentance Creek Rd and D...
Ernest Revell, Three Sisters, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, c. In March 1812, the Colonial Surveyor George William Evans was sent to explore Jervis Bay, to determine a possible inland route back to Port Jackson. Other explorers, such as Hume and Hove...
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This is a classic smooth tarmac road winding up and over mountain ranges and through national parks between Gloucester and Walcha. This stretch of ridge riding consists of several roads such as Coolamon Scenic Drive, Federal Rd, Repentance Creek Rd and D...
Artists>Browse details of over 3000 artists from the Hunter Valley Links>A directory of musical links from Newcastle and the Hunter Valley >> The band playing "To Die For" live @ The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle Australia 12th July 2008>> Artist: Great Divi...
>> Film Clip of the first single from The Great Dividing Range's forthcoming album Persona Vista. The Great Dividing Range hail from Newcastle, Australia. >> Artist: Great Dividing Range> Duration: 3:28> Uploaded: 13/12/2007> Uploaded By: Noelcrate (YouT...
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