The Well at the World's End by A.J. Mackinnon national-security the first to cut through

the first to cut through 'the great Australian silence' to convey the richness and uniqueness of Aboriginal culture to settler Australians

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In The Shortest History of Australia

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The Well at the World's End by A.J. Mackinnon national-security the first to cut throughWhen A. J. Mackinnon quits his job in Australia, he knows only that he longs to travel to the Well at the World's End, a mysterious pool on a remote Scottish island whose waters, legend has it, hold the secret to eternal youth. Determined not to fly ('It would feel like cheating'), he sets out with a rucksack, some fireworks and a map of the world and trusts chance to take care of the rest. By land and by sea, by train, truck, horse and yacht, he