Establishing a European settlement on Australia's remote northern shores was never going to be easy. It took four abortive attempts over a period of 45 years before DARWIN (originally called Palmerston) was surveyed in 1869 by the new South...
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COSENZA , Calabria's first town of any size if you're travelling from the north, is also the region's most interesting, and makes a useful base to explore the surrounding area, particularly the Sila mountains. Historically it has always...
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Thirty-five miles southwest of London, GUILDFORD , the county capital, is a moderately interesting town, whose cobbled High Street retains a great deal of architectural interest. Several picturesque narrow lanes and courts lead off...
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