Add Your Piece of History… 19th April

On this day in 1770. Captain James Cook sighted the eastern coast of Australia on the 19th of April in 1770.

On this day in 1984. Australia adopts “Advance Australia Fair” as its national anthem.

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Official portrait of Captain James Cook.

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Add Your Piece of History… 25th May

On this day in 1967. John Lennon’s psychedelic Rolls Royce was delivered. The Rolls Royce caused an uproar, including the Rolls Royce company raising a formal complaint. John Lennon had bought the car new from Rolls Royce in 1965 and become bored with the colour so had a psychedelic paint job. The car was sold […]