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Australia
Australia , smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2005 est. pop. 20,090,000), 2,967,877 sq mi (7,686,810 sq km). Australia's capital is Canberr... Read more
Fenian movement
Fenian movement or Fenians, secret revolutionary society organized c.1858 in Ireland and the United States to achieve Irish independence from England by force. It was known variously as the Fenian Brotherhood, Fenian Society, Irish Republican Brotherhood, and Irish-American Brotherhood. The nam... Read more
Thomas Alexander Browne
Thomas Alexander Browne Thomas Alexander Browne (1826-1915), who wrote under the pen name of Rolf Boldrewood, was born in England but moved to Australia with his family at the age of five. He was known for his adventure novels set in the Australian bush. Browne's father, Sylvester Brown (the... Read more
megapode
megapode , common name for large, stout-bodied, long-tailed, terrestrial, nonmigratory birds comprising six genera in the family Megapodiidae. Members of the family have large, strong feet, hence the name megapode (from the Greek meaning "large foot" ). Also called mound birds and incubator birds... Read more
English language
English language member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages ). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. It is the mother tongue of about 60 millio... Read more
kangaroo
kangaroo name for a variety of hopping marsupials , or pouched mammals, of the family Macropodidae, found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. The term is applied especially to the large kangaroos of the genus Macropus. Kangaroos have powerful hind legs designed for leaping, long feet, short ... Read more
language
language systematic communication by vocal symbols. It is a universal characteristic of the human species. Nothing is known of its origin, although scientists have identified a gene that clearly contributes to the human ability to use language. Scientists generally hold that it has been so long in ... Read more
marsupial
marsupial , member of the order Marsupialia, or pouched mammals. With the exception of the New World opossums and an obscure S American family (Caenolestidae), marsupials are now found only in Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea, and a few adjacent islands. They are generally distinguished from placen... Read more
Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island , officially Territory of Norfolk Island, island (2005 est. pop. 1,800), 13 sq mi (34 sq km), South Pacific, a territory of Australia, c.1,035 mi (1,670 km) NE of Sydney. Its capital is Kingston. Now a resort, Norfolk has luxuriant vegetation and is known for its "pine" trees, whi... Read more
New Guinea
New Guinea , island, c.342,000 sq mi (885,780 sq km), SW Pacific, N of Australia; the world's second largest island after Greenland. Politically it is divided into two sections: the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua in the west and the independent country of Papua New Guinea in the ea... Read more

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Australia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...coral reef. In E Australia are the mountains...hydroelectric power. Australia, remote from any...anteater; it also has many unusual birds...have done entirely too well, multiplying...invading Western Australia. People Most Australians are...The population has more than ...
Charles Harpur
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...critics and those outside Australia. As Wright pointed out, most of his work exists only in manuscript form, in many different versions...Harpur was born in Australia. His parents were both convicts, sent to Australia by the British government...early teens. Although people from ...
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...World War I. Like many young Australian...in the England/Australia Air Race for the...considered to have too little knowledge...in films. Back in Australia in 1921 he scratched...conditions which few people today could imagine...became almost a hero, too. Kingsford Smith...aircraft ...
Louisa Atkinson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...published in Australia. The book was...handbook for English people who wanted to emigrate to Australia. Childhood Atkinson...job was made more difficult by...situation was too difficult for...attractive to many people, especially...
Tea Tree Oil
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ...when a Sydney, Australia chemist, Dr. Arthur...everywhere except in Australia. Tea tree oil started...tea tree oil's many beneficial uses...Antibacterial The most promising new function...super bug attacks people who have wounds...University of Western Australia study by ...
Imprisonment
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...reforms, lockups most often confined people awaiting trial...thought to provide a more reasonable alternative...reformers believed were too often cruel and capricious...offenses. Which crimes people will be imprisoned...practices in Europe, Australia, Canada, and the...likely that ...
New Zealand
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...xBD; million, most of them living in...with 329,000 people, is in North Island...nearly 1 million people, and Christchurch...Southern Alps rises to more than 12,000 feet...rearing, with Australia, Japan, USA...were Polynesian people, ancestors of the...natives would be too ...
Pintupi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...hunting and gathering people originally from...Desert region of Australia. Their shared social...Gibson Desert, in Australia's western territory...Faunal resources, too, are limited...after rains; the people rely on rock and...highly mobile for most of the year, so...made of brush ...
Torres Strait Islanders
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...communities of Queensland, Australia. The strait is named...inhabitants are among the most famous of ethnographic...Papua New Guinea and Australia's Cape York. Out of the more than 100 islands...the rest being too small or too lacking in resources...from less than 100 people ...
Urban Sprawl
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...railways enabled people to “...Potentially, people could live anywhere...Likewise, in Australia there are increasing...outskirts of Sydney, Australia; San Diego, California...sprawl, creates many practical problems too. Residents are...

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Cave, Nick and the Bad Seeds
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 22 September 1957...born Rochester, Australia, 20 September 1958...Door in Melbourne, Australia. Hoping to make...a group that is too theatrical and eccentric...the Bad Seeds grew more sophisticated by...perhaps the band's most accessible album...The ...
never
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...learn . it is never too late to mend proverbial...Never-Never in Australia, the unpopulated...of the interior of Australia, the remote outback...time above.) never too old to learn proverbial...frank about it: most of our people have never had it...
Swimming
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...They were generally more interested in endurance...who noticed indigenous people using the technique during...Cavill immigrated to Australia, where he taught swimming...they were considered too frail to engage in competitive...railroads made public beaches more accessible in the ...
Aluminum
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the metal remained too high for widespread...enjoys in 2002. A more diverse aluminum...United States operated more than three hundred...states, employed more than 145,000 people, and produced an...Aluminum is the most abundant metallic...Guyana, Guinea, and Australia, mined ...
Nolan, Sir Sidney
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...x2013;1992). The most internationally famous...shown were abstract and too advanced for local taste...he also drew on other people and events in Australian...1949 during a visit to Australia and was ‘confident...in 1981 and received many other awards. His prolific...output is ...
Statement by Committee Seeking Peace with Freedom in Vietnam (1967)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...American business people, educators, scientists...to make the price too high and the risk too great for the aggressor...isolated and remote to many of us, although...Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand...contains 370 million people — approximately...
Forty-Niners
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...but the strike was too huge to conceal...over the world, people from Europe, Chile...China, Mexico, Australia, and especially...1849 some 15,597 more reached San Francisco...existed to support so many people. Towns like Hangtown...shacks, and the most ordinary ...
Bateman, H. M.
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...and painter, born in Australia of English parents...1903), one of the most popular cartoonists of...magazine, one of the many periodicals for which...He was popular, too, in the USA, which...illustrated books by many other people. Shortly after the outbreak...to Devon, now finding ...

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Travel: Hurray for more happy landings You can't yet fly direct to Australia. But, says SIMON CALDER, with so many exciting stopover locations to choose from, why would you want to?
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/21/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...journey from the UK to Australia in a single hop...is still a touch too far). The A340...A good thing, too: if you fly almost...ended services to Australia. But a plethora...more than 3,000 people a day touching down...Circle" route, the most direct line between...century ...
Australia Weighs More Trainers for Iraq
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/19/2007; 520 words ; ...considering sending more military trainers...Dick Cheney visits Australia starting Thursday. Australia sent 2,000 troops...number of additional people who would be involved...said the size of Australia's commitment...It's taken too long." A U...
Fed: Australia to send more police and food to East Timor
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 6/7/2006; 607 words ; ...Australia to send more police and food to...ADELAIDE, June 7 AAP - Australia wants East Timor...streets of Dili. As Australia today committed a...1,300 troops, Australia has 106 Australian...internally displaced people there," he said...arise in the not too distant future...
FED: Jason Alexander coming to Australia for more than laughs
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 10/24/2006; 492 words ; ...to Australia for more than laughs By Jonathon...stand-up comedy in Australia will provide American...laughs. The actor, most famous for playing...spend Christmas in Australia with his family...wanted to go to Australia," Alexander said...sons will be coming too and when the ...
In Many Ways, Australia's 9/11; Bali Attack Destroys Notion of Immunity From Terror
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/17/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...World War II. In many ways, it is Australia's 9/11. The...considered themselves too good-natured and their country too far removed -- geographically...harsh question: Is Australia paying for its fervent...you could see was people with faces bloodied...
Fed: Australia to take more hands-on approach with Pacific aid
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 12/9/2004; 479 words ; ...Australia to take more hands-on approach...CANBERRA, Dec 9 AAP - Australia will take a more...strategy today, saying Australia was taking a more...per cent growth is too low and that is...Mr Downer said Australia was sending people to work with governments...
Reports: More Papuan asylum seekers reach Australia
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/5/2006; ; 539 words ; ...continues to protest Australia's decision to grant...the province closest to Australia in January would encourage...My message to the people of West Papua is simply...Indonesia has protested that Australia gave asylum to the 42...cannot stay there for too long ... they only...
Australia says most children released from immigration detention camps.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; 7/8/2004; 669 words ; ...children has been the most controversial aspect...seekers who arrive in Australia illegally, sparking...beckoning signal" for people smugglers to resume...one child of boat people in an Australian...boats arriving in Australia now, if you cast...but said it came too late and was an ...
Australia pledges more teachers for Aboriginal Outback
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/14/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...national apology to Australia's sidelined indigenous...Thursday promised more teachers to tackle...about 450,000 in Australia's population of...found in 1997 that many of the so-called...institutions and most were deeply scarred...young indigenous people to come to school...The ...
Most Ridiculous Item: Crocodiles Swims in Pool in Australia
Transcript from: The O'Reilly Factor (Fox News Network); 2/5/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Time now for "The Most Ridiculous Item...attack a person. In Australia they have problems...Which are larger and more dangerous than gators...found in Darwin, Australia. And I have been...the animal control people -- this looks like...find 8 years old too young. The sooner...There ...