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Australia and New Zealand
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. Australasian neighbors, once part of the same vast land mass known as Gondwanaland, Australia and New Zealand share a similar recent history. Both were British colonies settled largely by emigrants from England, Scotland, and Ireland, and both... Read more |
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Albany (Australia)
Albany , town (1996 pop. 14,590), Western Australia, SW Australia. It is a port on Princess Royal Harbour of King George Sound. The town has woolen mills and fish canneries. Founded in 1826 as a penal colony, Albany is the oldest settlement in the state of Western Australia.... Read more |
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The Nationals (Australia)
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Port Augusta
Port Augusta city (1991 pop. 14,595), South Australia, S Australia, at the head of Spencer Gulf. It is a railroad center.... Read more |
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Advance Australia
Advance Australia a catchphrase used as a patriotic slogan or motto in Australia, and recorded from the mid 19th century.Advance Australia Fair is the national anthem of Australia, composed c.1878 by P. D. McCormick (c.1834–1916), a Scot, under the pen-name ‘Amicus’. It... Read more |
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Catherine Bateson
Bateson, Catherine 1960-PersonalBorn 1960; married; children: two. Education: University of Queensland, B.A. (art history).AddressesHome—Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia.CareerCreative-writing teacher and writer. Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, instructor in... Read more |
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Woomera-Maralinga
Woomera-Maralinga , town (1991 pop. 1,600), in the state of South Australia, S Australia, near Lake Torrens. It is the site of a missile-testing range used by Australia and its allies. Australia's first earth satellite was launched there in 1967. Nearby is a U.S. space tracking station.... Read more |
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White Australia Policy
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Australia Telescope National Facility
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Liberal Party (Australia)
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FED: A brief history of the republic debate in Australia
AAP General News (Australia) 10-28-1999 FED: A brief history of the republic debate in Australia CANBERRA, AAP - A brief history of the republic ... |
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FED: Briefs from the republic conference today
...General News (Australia) 02-07-1999 FED: Briefs from the republic conference today...On maps of Australia, Tasmania is...the republic debate today it was Western Australia's turn. Jesuit...s ... |
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Fed: Labor figures bury their differences for centenary
...General News (Australia) 05-08-2001 Fed: Labor figures...monarchists duringthe republic debate. He refused to...Hawkes enjoyed a brief public reconciliation...terms with its history and differences...for most of its ... |
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FED:US debt woes add to world uncertainty:Swan
...General News (Australia) 07-25-2011 FED:US debt woes...timein its history. The threat...Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) by...But these debates have been a...foundingof our republic." Democrats...protracted ... |
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Fed: New republican push based on forgotten hero of constitution
...General News (Australia) 12-08-1999 Fed: New republican...republican debate. The Andrew...hisrightful place in history, the vote...said, why the republic referendum...done over a brief period on the...except in South ... |