Captain Cook's coastal tour

[rogespeed]

Seems was 250 years since the Englishman Captain Cook & crew toured the eastern coast of Australia on the good ship Endevour 

You can read his take on events here in his own words

http://southseas.nla.gov.au/journals/cook/17700101.html

[chameleon54]

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@lionrose.7 wrote:

Those Bloody Immigrates LOL, should have their boats sent back

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The Aborigines where Australia's first boat people ! 

Either us or our ancestors all came here from somewhere else, its just a question of when. ( and that includes Aborigines ) All Australians are equal and have an equal " right " to call this place home. No one " owns " the place any more than the person standing next to them.

We should all strive for true equality, regardless of age, gender or the colour of skin. ( including reverse racism )

[lyhargr_0]

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@imastawka wrote:

It wouldn't hurt I s'pose.

I only went to grade 8.

I call it mainly self-edumacated.

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Given I went to La Perouse primary school, I guessI have an avantage where early Au history is concerned

[lyndal1838]

I went to Maroubra Junction Infants and Primary.....not sure where the advantage was a it was still "ancient history" to students in the 1950s.  Over 70 years later I still live on the shores of Botany Bay not far from Kurnell.

[rogespeed]

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@lyhargr_0 wrote:

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@imastawka wrote:

It appears everyone had a pleasant time on January 26th - 'natives' included

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Huh? Phillip landed on  Jan 26th NOT Cook  ...... back to school for you

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Quite the contrary , 26th January 1770 is recorded as a fine day of sustained friendly and gracious social interaction , including a guided tour of an island commune and trading for fine seafoods , with the resident citizens in two locations., assisted by I assume a resident citizen named "Tupia"  - what a land , what a country , what a people 

[domino-710]

What he sent on a carrier pigeon.

Thus in his journal he recorded his landing at Botany Bay on the afternoon of Sunday 29 April 1770. In civil time that was the afternoon of 28 April and that is the time inscribed on the Captain Cook monument at Kurnell.

[rogespeed]

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@chameleon54 wrote:

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@lionrose.7 wrote:

Those Bloody Immigrates LOL, should have their boats sent back

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The Aborigines where Australia's first boat people ! 

Either us or our ancestors all came here from somewhere else, its just a question of when. ( and that includes Aborigines ) All Australians are equal and have an equal " right " to call this place home. No one " owns " the place any more than the person standing next to them.

We should all strive for true equality, regardless of age, gender or the colour of skin. ( including reverse racism )

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If only the 2nd wave migrant inhabitants had used their technical knowledge and applied science for enhancing the existing society in a manner appreciative and gainful to both peoples , a fusion of the best of both societies, rather than forcing the scorched earth cloning of Blighty upon a organic environmentally integrated society  

[domino-710]

Yep - an oversight not having witchetty grubs on the menu. 

[lyhargr_0]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

I went to Maroubra Junction Infants and Primary.....not sure where the advantage was a it was still "ancient history" to students in the 1950s.  Over 70 years later I still live on the shores of Botany Bay not far from Kurnell.

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Prob cause Maroubra doesn't have much history to learn   ......  Nothing like the history at La Perouse.  Each to their own, personally I found it a great advantage to learn Au's early history. Each year the French Consul General come out the the memorial at La Perouse, we school kids walked down to the memorial, took part in a ceremony, sang the La Marseillaise for him ( still remember the words today ). We were then given a handful of lollies and the rest of the day of school.  I also lived at Malabar ( now Chifley ) for the first 25 years of my life, so a great deal of time was spent swimming and playing a "La Par"   ...... 

I thought you lived over Rockdale way? Didn't realise you lived the the Sutherland Shire.   I lived at Brighon le Sands when was first married, then at Kareela, so know all that area quite well.

[lyhargr_0]

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@rogespeed wrote:

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@lyhargr_0 wrote:

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@imastawka wrote:

It appears everyone had a pleasant time on January 26th - 'natives' included

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Huh? Phillip landed on  Jan 26th NOT Cook  ...... back to school for you

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Quite the contrary , 26th January 1770 is recorded as a fine day of sustained friendly and gracious social interaction , including a guided tour of an island commune and trading for fine seafoods , with the resident citizens in two locations., assisted by I assume a resident citizen named "Tupia"  - what a land , what a country , what a people 

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Thought this thread was about Cook NOT Phillip?

[lyhargr_0]

There is also a monument at Kurnell for Forby Sutherland, first white man to be buried on Au soil. Both the suburb and shire of Sutherland are named after him   .......  

monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/exploration/display/21768-forby-sutherland