From Paul Carter,  The Road to Botany Bay,Faber  and Faber, London, 1987, p. 32. 

 Cook's un-cumulative, un-centred maps and travelling journal retained the possibility of multiple futures, endless journeys, arrivals and departures.  

   
 

 We no longer have roots, we have aerials; we no longer have origins, we have terminals.   

McKenzie Wark, "Virtual Geography: Living With Global Media Events" in Caroline Guerin, Philip Butterss and Amanda Nettlebeck  (eds.),Crossing Lines: Formations of Australian Culture, Association for the Study of Australian Literature Conference, Adelaide, 1995.