Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made history in 1953 when they successfully climbed Mount Everest. Born July 20, 1919 in Auckland, New Zealand, to Percival Augustus Hillary and Gertrude Hillary, in Auckland, on 20 July 1919. The family moved to Tuakau, a village about 40 miles (64.37 kilometres) south of Auckland in 1920. Hillary’s…
Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to conquer Mount Everest, died today at the age of 88. The New Zealand mountain climber and national hero conquered the Mountain in 1953 with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa companion and guide. Sir Edmund died today, January 11, 2008 at 9.00am New Zealand time. Announcing the death of New…
Australia was first settled in 1788 by Captain Arthur Phillip. Following the loss of the American colonies, Britain needed to find somewhere to send its overcrowded prison population. On the recommendation of Sir Joseph Banks, who had traveled to Australia with Captain James Cook in 1770, it was decided to create a convict settlement at…
Santa never made it into Darwin for Christmas 1974! The capital city of Australia’s Northern Territory, Darwin today has a population of about 105,000 people, and is the smallest of Australia’s capital cities. Darwin is a tropical city, and is similar in climate to Singapore and Jakarta (Indonesia). The area has distinct wet and dry…
