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

[imastawka]

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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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Been thinking about this.

I don't remember being taught anything about Australian history at school.

It was all English history.   Asked hubby and he says the same where he went to school.

Maybe being educated in Sydney (being the hot spot, so to speak) you were taught more about local history than we were here in Melbourne.

Never heard of La Perouse, so I googled.  That really was the spot.

What litttle knowledge I have of Australia's history came from books that I've read as an adult.

[domino-710]

Only a tiny - tiny tad here - in Primary School - then Ancient History.

[not_for_sale2025]

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@imastawka wrote:

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Been thinking about this.

I don't remember being taught anything about Australian history at school.

It was all English history.   Asked hubby and he says the same where he went to school.

Maybe being educated in Sydney (being the hot spot, so to speak) you were taught more about local history than we were here in Melbourne.

Never heard of La Perouse, so I googled.  That really was the spot.

What litttle knowledge I have of Australia's history came from books that I've read as an adult.

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I clearly remember being taught about Australian history at the State primary school I attended as a child. The subject was either Social Studies or Citizenship Education. But they mainly focused on the early explorers. I became fascinated with Burke and Wills and eventually bought DIG by Frank Clune - great book. Some years later I bought a 1920's six volume History of Australia. They contained facsimiles from Cook's and Banks' logs. Banks made some very interesting entries about the indigenous inhabitants!

[lyhargr_0]

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@imastawka 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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Been thinking about this.

I don't remember being taught anything about Australian history at school.

It was all English history.   Asked hubby and he says the same where he went to school.

Maybe being educated in Sydney (being the hot spot, so to speak) you were taught more about local history than we were here in Melbourne.

Never heard of La Perouse, so I googled.  That really was the spot.

What litttle knowledge I have of Australia's history came from books that I've read as an adult.

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I admit,  I am a bit of a history buff, tend to remeber most of what I has taught at school re Au history.   ...... Hubs has taught me quite a bit re world history, which I didnt learn at school.  My formal school education finished when I was 12, long story but wont go into on a public forum/

La Perouse is a real tourist hot spot now, it was quite a dump when I was a kid   ..... La Perouse pubic school was a pet project of the then NSW premier who wanted to integrate indigenous kids with white ones, hence there were quite a few indigenous kids at my school  ....

Not sure if you have ever watched Poor Mans Orange/Harp in the South, it was mentioned there    .....

[rogespeed]

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@domino-710 wrote:

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

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replaced by lambs fry...

[domino-710]

Loved Ruth Park's books.

I spent over 20 years in Surry Hills - eastern subs of Syd.

[rogespeed]

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@lyhargr_0 wrote:

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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?

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I think imastawka was refering to 26th Jan 1770 from Cook's dairy - i just reiterated that sentiment 

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[domino-710]

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@rogespeed wrote:

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@domino-710 wrote:

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

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replaced by lambs fry...

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A friend & I - spent every Thursday night - over Lamb's Fry - we both loved it - (we were the only ones) - taking turns at each other's house to cook & watch a movie.

[lyhargr_0]

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@domino-710 wrote:

Loved Ruth Park's books.

I spent over 20 years in Surry Hills - eastern subs of Syd.

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I love those two shows, 'cause my dad was brought up in that area, single mother ( father shot through ), 3 kids, no money 'n packing cases for furniture, people learned how to "make do" with nothing back then

[lyhargr_0]

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@rogespeed wrote:

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@lyhargr_0 wrote:

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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?

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I think imastawka was refering to 26th Jan 1770 from Cook's dairy - i just reiterated that sentiment 

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Didnt know Cook owned a dairy, thought he was a sailor     .....