It was late in 2000. Scientists in Australia were rocked. ABC News
had just announced the discovery of a 3,000 year old mine and
harbour on the Queensland coast near Sarina. “This is set to change
Australian, if not world history,” said the report.
Resident Val Osborne had been studying the site for 10 years. He
noted that Freshwater Point, once an island and now an isthmus,
bore striking similarities to the ancient port of Tyre. Ruins of old sea
walls, wharves, mines, graves, plus other artefacts as well as
inscriptions, all suggested a uniquely Phoenician colony, dating from
about 1000 B.C.
A preliminary report on the Sarina discovery from the Sarina Shire
Council states:
“Egyptian, Hebrew, Phoenician and Ogham scripts are documented
from sites all over Australia along with constructions, harbours and
roads.” But these have been “ignored in the face of official Australian
history and British policies.” “It is expected that academic
controversy will occur in any future investigation.”
The Sarina find, if Val Osborn is right (as he appears to be) sustains
my position in two of my books on ancient discoveries, where I argue
that the Phoenicians established outposts on the Australian coast
about 3,000 years ago – as well as across the Pacific, as far as the
Americas.
Val Osborne revealed to my friend and colleague Vada Kum Yuen
of Mareeba, North Queensland that the Queensland University sent
an archaeologist to the site with instructions that he come back with
a report that “there is nothing there”!!!
I constantly meet this attitude from the entrenched education system.
And forgive me but I just have to ask this question: What are they
afraid of? Why do they want to control what you and I hear?
Let me assure you, there IS physical evidence! And it also backs up
the Old Testament story about Hiram, King of Tyre (of the
Phoenicians) in partnership with King Solomon of Israel. According
to the story, they sent ships on 3 year voyages around the world to a
place called “Ophir”, to collect gold and other materials for the
fabulous temple being built in Jerusalem.
