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Eliza Berry: “And brilliant record show Whose names but said, our children stand And noble deeds recall! Farewell! Ye heroes of our land, Ye brave explorers, all!” Each and every Australian should be so proud of our wonderful, brave and heroic explorers of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries. Without these men we would never have explored the extended lands of our vast country. Without these men, we would never have discovered some our most precious resources, nor have been shown how to do so with such courage and determination. Of course, all these endurances and explorations would have been much more heroic, if in fact, these men were actually the first men to do it. The fact cannot be denied that in many historical books and journals these men were the first to cross, what was then, unexplored land. But what many of these historical writings conveniently forget to include is that these men were only the first white European men to discover and explore our land. The Aboriginals had been inhabitants of our land long before any white man had set foot on Australian soil, and they knew their land well. Without the help and assistance of many Aboriginal groups and guides, many more white European expedi