The letter "E" (part 2)

1. Let's start off this week with European discovery and colonisation. We have already talked about it a little, but this time please concentrate on non English explorers. Click the map to get some information (nationalities only). Go here to see the chronology of landings, and here to see a cute animation.


2. Our second topic is a little tricky - excavation. But we will not be talking about gold - not just yet! ;-)

In fact what we are going to discuss is Australia's fossil past. Click on the picture to read some fascinating facts.














3. And finally a few words about (long distance) education. Here you can read about The School of the Air.

Darryl Cooper has taught at the Mount Isa School of the Air in Queensland for 18 years. He describes his experiences teaching children in remote Australia via satellite telephone (click on the picture to go to the article).