Black Swan Magic
by Miroslava Jurcik
Title
Black Swan Magic
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Miroslava Jurcik
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Photograph - Photograph
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Black swan represents the healing powers of love and romance.
Before European explorers had reached Australia, it was believed that all swans were white. Dutch mariner, Antounie Caen, was the first to be amazed at the sight of Australia’s Black swans on the Shark Bay in 1636. Explorer Willem de Vlamingh captured two of these creatures on Australia’s Swan River and returned with them to Europe to prove their existence. From that point on, black swans and Australia have been closely linked. During the nineteenth century, the original Western Australian colony was called "the Swan River Settlement." In 1973, the black swan was officially proclaimed as the "bird emblem" of the Government of Western Australia and now appears on the state flag. Today, the black swan is still found in various wetland habitats in Australia, including the Murray River in the wine growing region South Eastern Australia.
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