G. V. Portus, review of Introducing Australia (1942); cp. Pope's epitaph for Newton. Quoted in Laurie Hergenhan, No Casual Traveller (1995), ch. 10, p. 200
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Australia to the world lay hid in night:
God said, "Let Grattan be!" and all was light.
— Australia
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God said, "Let Grattan be!" and all was light." in the context of "G. V. Portus, review of Introducing Australia (1942); cp. Pope's epitaph for Newton. Quoted in Laurie Hergenhan, No Casual Traveller (1995), ch. 10, p. 200" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the island of Tasmania and a number of other islands in the Indian, Southern and Pacific Oceans. Australia claims approximately two-fifths of Antarctica, but this is not widely recognized. It is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and its head of state is the monarch, King Charles III. Australian English is the de facto national language.
About Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the island of Tasmania and a number of other islands in the Indian, Southern and Pacific Oceans. Australia claims approximately two-fifths of Antarctica, but this is not widely recognized. It is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and its head of state is the monarch, King Charles III. Australian English is the de facto national language.
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