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Mahogany Ship - Portuguese origin. The most popular theory suggests that the vessel is the missing ship of Portuguese sea captain Cristóvão de Mendonça, wrecked in 1522. Another theory links the ship to Portuguese sea captain Gomes de Sequeira, lost in 1525. Extant Portuguese charts (the Dieppe maps) dating to this period are said by some to depict Australia’s southern coastline as far as Armstrong Bay - only six kilometres west of Warrnambo ...

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Location of a real Mahogany Ship would alter Australian history but the search for it has not be an easy task. The sand dunes in which it may now rest have been drastically changed as a result of the introduction of European pests and animals in the 1830s and 1840s. These feral creatures have caused destabilisation of the dunes, resulting in massive sand drifts that have destroyed the coastal road a ...

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Below forty dollars a barrel, oil-shale oil is not competitive with conventional crude oil. If the oil price were to stay permanently at over forty dollars a barrel (with no chance of declining, which could be the case if oil shale were to be exploited on a large enough scale), then companies would exploit oil shale. Generally, the oil shale has to be mined, transported, retorted, and then disposed of, so at least 40% of the energy value is consumed in production. Water is also needed to add hydrogen to the oil-shale oil before it can be shi ...

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Some standard sail plans are: sloop a single jib or staysail and a Bermudian or gaff mainsail lifted by a single mast. The mainsail is managed with a spar on the underside called a "boom." One of the best-performing rigs, it is the fastest for up-wind passages. It is by far the most popular for recreational boating because of its simplicity and potential for high performance. On small boats, it is a very simple rig. On larger sloops, the large sails have high loads, and one must manage them with winches or multiple purcha ...

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The Second Fleet in 1790 brought to Sydney two men who were to play important roles in the colony's future. One was William Wentworth, who as well as being an explorer founded Australia's first newspaper and became a leader of the movement to abolish convict transportation and establish representative government. The other was John Macarthur, a Scottish officer (and a distant relative of General Douglas MacArthur), one of the founders of the Australian wool industry, which laid the foundations of Australia's future prosperity. Macarthur was a turbulent element: in 1808 he wa ...

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List of Star Wars races - Abyssin. The Abyssin inhabit the planet Byss. They are a nomadic race, often described as "primitive and violent". They stand approximately 2 meters tall and have a humanoid appearance, with long limbs. They also possess a single large eye which dominates their greenish-tan foreheads. All Abyssins have the ability to heal quickly and to regenerate body parts. Traditionally, they believe change is impossible, and rarely stray from their homeworld. ...

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