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Other historical attractions worth a visit are the St Blaize lighthouse, a manned lighthouse built in 1864 and the Great Trek museum which chronicles the epic journey by early settlers at Hartenbos.

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ATLANTA — Iceland's «woman in blue,» the partial skeleton of a young woman found in 1938 in a grave with Viking - era objects, was a child of some of the island's earliest settlers, researchers reported April 14 at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

In an analysis of ancient genomes published August 4 in Current Biology, researchers at Stockholm University and Uppsala University in Sweden and Middle East Technical University in Turkey report that at least two waves of early European settlers belonged to the same gene pool as farmers in Central Turkey — genealogy that can be traced back to some of the first people to cultivate crops outside of Mesopotamia.

While collecting information for his work «Gatherings of a naturalist in Australasia,» G. Bennet marveled at the use of emu oil by Aborigines and early white settlers to heal wounds, reduce pain and relieve muscular disorders with great success.

Whether you're following in the tradition of South Dakota's early settlers and putting down stakes for the first time or you're a resident who's interested in a change of address, take a look at the CreditDonkey team's picks for the best places to live.

The English shepherd, brought to America by early settlers, has developed into more of an all - rounder and is naturally adept at herding, guarding and hunting.

While you're there, be sure to get up close and personal with koalas at the Koala Conservation Centre or experience how early Australian settlers lived with a tour around the beautiful grounds of Churchill Island Heritage Farm.

Clans in the area attempted to resist early European settlement by throwing spears, rocks and other weapons at settlers.

The Port Hardy Museum & Archives is a wonderful place to relive the colourful history of the early North Island settlers, including pioneering Danes who built dairy farms at rugged Cape Scott.

Today little remains at Granite Bay aside from private homes; however, in the early 20th century Granite Bay was a boom town featuring a successful logging operation, a lucrative gold mine, several settlers with successful stump farms, a school, general store, post office, and government wharf.

Day Three: After breakfast and meeting the Dolphins on the beach, we head southeast to the real Outback at Wooleen Station, where the ancient landscape comes alive as we hear about local Aboriginal culture and early settlers, visiting Shell Beach and the Stromatolites of Hamlin Pool along the way.

Maps produced by explorers and early settlers are some of the best documentation of which nations were living where at time of contact, and can help Indigenous peoples demonstrate their claim to their territory.