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Saturday 4th November 1995

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A map dating back to 1581 by German cartographer Heinrich Bunting is re-writing Australian history. The map accurately records the West Australian coastline 35 years before the first known European contact. Dutch explorer, Dirk Hartog, was previously thought to have been the first white explorer to reach Australia's west coast - in 1616..

Political:

Deputy opposition leader, Peter Costello, yesterday called on Prime Minister Paul Keating to apologise for saying Opposition Leader John Howard would send Chinese immigranys back if he had his way..

Business:

National Austrlalia Bank has completed it's Au$2 billion acquisition of Michigan National Corp., owner of Michigan National Bank in the US.

Sport:

Last year's winner of the Melbourne (horse racing) Cup, Jeune, is not a certain starter. Electronic and Desert Chill are also under an injury cloud.

Social:

A panel of medical experts have recommended that the abortion pill be sold over the counter at chemists without a prescription.

Personal trivia:

We had a flash thunder storm at about 7pm last night. It gave us quite a light show but was accompanied by very little rain. Earlier, the day had been extremely hot and working was made quite uncomfortable.
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