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Australian Aborigines
Australian Aborigines The Aborigine are the Indigenous Australians or Original Inhabitants of the Great South Land. The term “Aboriginal” in English means “first or earliest known indigenous peoples”. The term “Aboriginal” is seen by some of the communities as insensitive … Continue reading
Kungkarangkalpa: Seven Sisters Tjukurpa Dreaming
Kungkarangkalpa: Seven Sisters Tjukurpa Dreaming “A Man pursues the seven sisters across many parts of Australia, trying to trick them into marriage with him. They create landforms as they travel and eventually flee into the sky to become the constellation … Continue reading
HMB Endeavour
HMB EndeavourEagle Pier, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia HMB Endeavour * 1994 – Present * Australian Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia * http://www.anmm.gov.au/ * In honor of one of the world’s greatest explorers, Captain James Cook, and his ship the HMS Endeavor, a … Continue reading
HMS Endeavour
HMB Endeavour ReplicaEagle Pier, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia HMS Endeavour * 1764 – 1778 * Royal Navy, Plymouth, Great Britain * The HMS Endeavor, also known as the “HM Bark Endeavor”, was built by Thomas Fishburn Whitby for the Royal Navy … Continue reading
Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook * 1728 – 1779 * England / America / Australia * One of the world’s greatest explorers, Captain James Cook was born in Yorkshire, England on October 27, 1728. A very intelligent, loyal, and self confident man, … Continue reading
Kangaroo: Macropus sp.
Kangaroo Taxonomy: Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Marsupialia; Diprotodontia; Macropodidae; Macropus; Macropus and Osphranter Common Names: Kangaroo, gangurru, boomers, jacks, old men, bucks, does, flyers, jills, joeys, roos Localities: Native to Australia. Some relatives in New Guinea. Description: One of the unique … Continue reading
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus Tree, Pine River Island, Canberra, ACT, Australia Eucalyptus Myrtaceae Common Names: “Eucalypts”, “Gum Trees”, “mallees”, “mallet”, “marlock”, “Apple Box”, Taphonomy/Taxonomy: Plantae; Angiosperms; Eudicots; Rosids; Myrtales; Myrtaceae; Eucalyptus. Over 700 Species. Eucalyptus amplifolia Eucalyptus blakelyi Eucalyptus dawsonii . Localities: Native … Continue reading
Walkabout
Walkabout A “Walkabout” comes from the Australian Aborigine “rite of passage” that young males undergo as a journey during adolescence to live in the wilderness for a period as long as six months. It is through this journey that the … Continue reading
Searching for Morels …
The Perennial Plate Episode 7: Hunting Morel Mushrooms from Daniel Klein on Vimeo.
“Haitian Horror” by Thomas Baurley
Haitian Zombification A treatise in 1989 on “Haitian Zombies”. Exploring Wade Davis’ work in Haiti with the compound made from tetrodotoxin utilized by witch doctors in creating real-life zombies as slaves. Baurley, Thomas: 1989 Haitian Horror: Zombification as Myth or … Continue reading