Teeg has tagged me with The Bucket List! A bucket list is a list of things that I’d like to do before I die. When I first received the challenge, I thought of all the far away places that I’d love to see, and the people that I’d love to meet if I had 12 … Read more
Advance Australia Fair is the official national anthem of Australia. Composed by Peter Dodds McCormick late in the 19th century, the song was first performed by Andrew Fairfax at a Highland Society function in Sydney on November 30, 1878. The song quickly gained popularity and an amended version was sung by a choir of 10,000 … Read more
1860 saw the formation of Victorian Exploration Expedition. The expedition of 19 men was led by Robert O’Hara Burke, and William John Wills. The aim of the trip was to cross Australia from Melbourne, Victoria, in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north. The trip would cover a distance of about 2,800 … Read more
