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date April 2012 Infobox country native name conventional long name Commonwealth of Australia common name Australia image flag Flag of Australia.svg image coat Australian Coat of Arms.png image map Australia orthographic projection .svg map width 220px national anthem Advance Australia Fair tag ref Australia ... of a member of the House of Windsor Royal family when they are in Australia. In all other appropriate contexts, the national anthem of Australia, Advance Australia Fair , is played. ref ... book title Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia edition 29th year 2002 updated 2005 ... Federal Parliamentary system parliamentary constitutional monarchy leader title1 Monarchy of Australia Monarch leader title2 Governor General of Australia Governor General leader title3 Prime Minister of Australia Prime Minister leader name1 Elizabeth II leader name2 Quentin Bryce leader name3 Julia Gillard legislature Parliament of Australia Parliament upper house Senate of Australia Senate lower house House of Representatives of Australia House of Representatives area rank 6th area magnitude ... 2012 4 12 round 0 AUTOUPDATES DAILY at 00 00 UTC, Australia pop clock adds 1 person every 94 seconds ... publisher Commonwealth of Australia accessdate 12 April 2012 The population estimate shown is automatically ... 52nd population census 19,855,288 ref Census 2006 AUS id 0 name Australia accessdate 14 October 2008 ... of Australia Constitution established event2 Statute of Westminster 1931 Statute of Westminster ... event4 Australia Act 1986 Australia Act established date1 1 January 1901 established date2 11 ... 3 March 1986 currency Australian dollar currency code AUD time zone Time in Australia various ref name time group N There are minor variations from these three time zones, see Time in Australia . ref utc offset 8 to 10.5 time zone DST Time in Australia various ref name time group N utc offset DST 8 ... 2CPPPGDP 2CPPPPC 2CLP&grp 0&a &pr.x 74&pr.y 6 title Australia publisher International Monetary ... more details
Infobox Film name For Australia image caption director Monte Luke producer writer Martyn Keith based on starring Charles Villiers actor Charles Villers music cinematography Maurice Bertel editing studio J.C. Williamson Ltd film company J.C. Williamson Ltd distributor released 1915 runtime language Silent film br English intertitles country FilmAustralia budget For Australia is a 1915 Australian silent film directed by Monte Luke about a newspaper journalist who discovers a German spy ring in Sydney and destroys a German wireless station in Samoa . ref Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900 1977 A Guide to Feature Film Production , Melbourne Oxford University Press, 1998, p 55 ref References reflist External links imdb title 0336883 http colsearch.nfsa.gov.au nfsa search display display.w3p adv no group groupequals holdingType page 0 parentid query Id 3A343351 querytype rec 0 resCount 10 For Australia at National Film and Sound Archive CinemaofAustralia Category Australian films Category Black and white films Category 1915 films Category 1910s drama films Category Australian drama films Category Australian silent films Australia film stub ... more details
Use Australian English date January 2012 Use dmy dates date March 2011 Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in Australia 1812 Incumbents Governors Governors of the Australian states Governors of the Australian colonies Governors of New South Wales Governor of New South Wales Lachlan Macquarie Governors of Tasmania Lieutenant Governor of Tasmania unfilled til 1813 Events 6 March Two Wesleyan Methodism Methodist classes were established in Sydney by Thomas Bowden and John Hosking the beginning of Methodist Church of Australasia Methodism in Australia . 10 July Publication of report of the first detailed inquiry into the Convictism in Australia convict system in Australia by a Select Committee Westminster System Select Committee on Penal transportation Transportation . The committee supported Lachlan Macquarie Governor Macqurie s liberal policies in general. However, the committee thought that fewer Ticket of leave Australian convicts ticket of leave should be issued and opposed the governor having the power to grant pardon s. The committee concluded that the colony should be made as prosperous as possible so as to provide work for the convicts and to encourage them to become settlers after being given their freedom. Exploration and settlement Science and technology Arts and literature Sport ??? wins the Melbourne Cup ??? wins the Pura Cup Sheffield Shield Births Deaths See also 1812 1810s DEFAULTSORT 1812 In Australia Category 1812 by country Australia Category 1812 in Australia Category Years of the 19th century in Australia ... more details
to Australia. Exploration and settlement February The first Mining in Australia economic minerals discovered in Australia were silver and lead at Glen Osmond, South Australia Glen Osmond , now a suburb of Adelaide in South Australia. 7 April Edward John Eyre becomes the first European to cross the Nullarbor Plain . He arrived in Western Australia with Wylie person Wylie , an Indigenous Australians indigenous Australian who accompanied him. Eyre left Fowlers Bay, South Australia on 25 February and reached Albany, Western Australia on 7 July. Science and technology 13 April the first Photography in Australia photograph was taken in Australia by a visiting naval captain, Captain Augustin Lucas ... scarlet fever epidemic in Australia probably Australia s earliest contribution to clinical medicine ... 1841 In Australia Category 1841 by country Australia Category 1841 in Australia Category Years of the 19th century in Australia ... more details
Use dmy dates date January 2012 Use Australian English date January 2012 Year in Australia 1788 Leaders Unsourced image removed File ac.phillip.jpg frame Admiral Arthur Phillip, first governor of New South Wales . Governor of New South Wales Captain Arthur Phillip Administrative Heads of Norfolk Island Governor of Norfolk Island Philip Gidley King Commanding officer of the colony s Royal Marines marine presence Major Robert Ross Royal Marines officer Robert Ross Events 18 January HMS Supply 1759 HMS Supply of the First Fleet arrives in Botany Bay . 26 January The First Fleet lands in Port Jackson , Australia from Portsmouth , England , and establishes the English penal colony of New South Wales the first European settlement in Australia. ref name nla wud http www.nla.gov.au exhibitions upsidedown timeline 1788.html The World Upside Down Australia 1788 1930 , National Library of Australia. ref 6 February The first female convictism in Australia convicts arrive at Port Jackson . ref name nla wud 7 February The colony of New South Wales is formally proclaimed. Phillip is sworn in as Captain General and Governor in Chief. ref name nla wud 17 February Lord Howe Island is discovered by HMS Supply 1759 HMS Supply . 27 February A seventeen year old convict, Thomas Barrett, receives the first death sentence in the colony. ref name nla wud 6 March Philip Gidley King is sent from the Port Jackson colony to settle Norfolk Island with a party of fifteen convicts and seven men. ref name nla ... Mountains Australia Blue Mountains . ref name nla wud 23 April Governor Phillip explores the area now ... South Wales Parramatta . ref name nla wud Births The First white child Australia first white child in Australia is born. References reflist cite book last Barker first Anthony authorlink coauthors ... in Australia DEFAULTSORT 1788 In Australia Category 1788 by country Australia Category Years of the 18th century in Australia Category 1788 in Australia ... more details
National Library of Australia ref Exploration and settlement 1 January The name Tasmania officially adopted to replace Van Diemen s Land which was felt to have too many Convictism in Australia convict ... until 1859 Premiers of South Australia Premier of South Australia Boyle Finniss from 24 October ... of Victoria William Haines Australian politician Dr William Haines Premier of Western Australia office not created until 1890 in Australia 1890 Events 7 February Tasmanian Electoral Act introduced the secret ... 19 March The Electoral Act 1856 introduced the secret ballot in Victoria 2 April South Australia ... by the Governor of New South Wales . 23 September The town of Perth, Western Australia is proclaimed ... article7140698 title THE NEW PARLIAMENT. newspaper The Argus Australia The Argus Melbourne, Vic .... Suburb of Goodna founded in Queensland , Australia Originally part of NSW , its 150 year anniversary ... Deakin , Prime Minister of Australia d. 1919 19 September Arthur Morgan Queensland politician Arthur Morgan , Premier of Queensland d. 1916 3 December George Leake , Premier of Western Australia d. 1902 ... also 1856 1850s References reflist DEFAULTSORT 1856 In Australia Category 1856 by country Australia Category 1856 in Australia Category Years of the 19th century in Australia ... more details
Human smuggling , human trafficking and the illegal drug trade have all impacted Australia in recent years. ref cite web url http www.havocscope.com regions main asia australia title Australia Black Markets ref Australia has a much lower violent crime rate than some other developed nations, such as the United ... on crime in Australia. ref http www.aic.gov.au statistics.aspx Australian Institute of Criminology ... Australia. ref cite news url http news.smh.com.au breaking news national women increasingly target of police ... women had police action taken against them across Australia, up by six per cent compared with the previous ... in Sydney Crime in Newcastle Queensland Main Crime in Queensland Crime in Brisbane South Australia Main Crime in South Australia Tasmania Main Crime in Tasmania Victoria Main Crime in Victoria Crime in Melbourne Western Australia Main Crime in Western Australia History Convicts Main Convicts in Australia ... Press location Oxford year 2002 isbn 0 19 860575 7 quote convictism noun Hist. the system of penal settlements ... settlement of Australia was the establishment of a penal colony to alleviate pressure on their overburdened ... to Australia. ref http landing.ancestry.co.uk intl au convict Convict Records , Ancestry.co.uk ref Bushrangers of Australia Main Bushranger Bushrangers were criminals who used the Australian ... to take up robbery under arms as a way of life, using the bush as their base. Riots in Australia See also Civil disturbances in Western Australia Lambing Flat riots of 1860 1861 Bathurst Riots ... Fields riots 2005 Cronulla riots Law enforcement in Australia Deleted image removed Image AFP.gif right thumb The Australian Federal Police AFP is the Federal or Commonwealth police force of Australia Main Law enforcement in Australia Law enforcement in Australia is served by police , sheriff s and bailiff s under the control of States and territories of Australia state , territory and the Federal ... of the courts exercising civil law common law jurisdictions. It is a common misconception that in Australia ... more details
Inc. Accessed 13 September 2011. ref rather than as a convictism in Australia convict settlement ...For the song South Australia song Use Australian English date May 2011 Coord 30 0 S 135 0 E region AU SA type adm1st scale 10000000 display title Australia state or territory Name South Australia Fullname State of South Australia Flag Flag of South Australia.svg CoatOfArms Coats of arms of None.svg Motto Map Tigris Australia location South Australia.svg Nickname Festival State Emblem title1 List of Australian ... event1 Founded as Province established date1 South Australia Act 1834 1834 established event2 Responsible ... event4 Australia Act 1986 Australia Act established date4 3 March 1986 PostalAbbreviation ... AU SA Website www.sa.gov.au File Eastern South Australia Satellite Photo.jpg thumb right Satellite image of eastern South Australia. Note the dry lakes white patches in the north South Australia abbreviated as SA is a States and territories of Australia state of Australia , located in the southern ... land area of convert 983482 km2 sqmi 0 , it is the fourth largest of Australia s six states and two territories. South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland states and the Northern Territory . It is bordered to the west by Western Australia , to the north by the Northern Territory, to the north east by Queensland , to the east by New South Wales , to the south east by Victoria Australia ... River River Murray . The state s origins are unique in Australia as a freely settled, planned ... by Governor John Hindmarsh . The first settlement to be established was Kingscote, South Australia ... tolerance. Although its history is marked by economic hardship, South Australia has remained ... Main History of South Australia Evidence for human activity in South Australia dates back as far ... History of Kangaroo Island. Royal Society of South Australia Inc. ISBN 0 9596627 1 5 ref The first ... of South Australia was first mapped by Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin in 1802. The land ... more details
, eventually requesting Convictism in Australia convict labour to augment its population. In the 1890s ...Coord 26 0 S 121 0 E display title Use Australian English date March 2012 Australia state or territory Name Western Australia Fullname State of Western Australia Flag Flag of Western Australia.svg CoatOfArms Western Australia coa.png Map Tigris Australia location Western Australia.svg Nickname Wildflower ... state colours Colours Emblem5 Black and gold Capital Perth, Western Australia Perth Demonym ... Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Viceroy Malcolm McCusker ViceroyType Governor Monarch Elizabeth ... event3 Federation of Australia Federation established date3 1 January 1901 established event4 Australia Act 1986 Australia Act established date4 3 March 1986 PostalAbbreviation WA AreaRank first ... HouseSeats 15 SenateSeats 12 ISOCode AU WA Website www.wa.gov.au Western Australia commonly abbreviated as WA ref label Note1 a a is a States and territories of Australia state of Australia , occupying the entire western third of the Australia continent Australian continent . It is bounded by the Indian ... label Note1 b b the Northern Territory to the north east and South Australia to the south east. Western Australia is Australia s largest state and the List of the largest country subdivisions by area ... West Western Australia south west corner of the state. The first European to visit Western Australia ..., Western Australia Albany , in 1826, which was followed by the establishment of the Swan River Colony in 1829, including the townsite of the present day capital, Perth, Western Australia Perth . Western Australia achieved self government in 1890, and later Federation of Australia federated with the other British colonies in Australia in 1901. Today Western Australia s Economy of Western Australia economy mainly relies on mining, agriculture, and tourism, with the state supplying 46 of Australia s exports. ref name wsj cite news first Enda last Curran title Western Australia Plans Sovereign ... more details
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saved book title The People s Guide to Australia subtitle cover image Flag of Australia.svg cover color Contents History of Australia Demographics of Australia Geography of Australia List of cities in Australia Politics of Australia Human rights in Australia President of Australia Economy of Australia Culture of Australia ... more details
This article is disambiguated into two based on the two types of wrestling in Australia Professional wrestling in Australia Amateur wrestling in Australia disambig ... more details
Use dmy dates date March 2011 Category Convictism in Australia Category History of Australia 1788 ...Image Convicts in New Holland.jpg thumb Drawing of a convict couple in New Holland Australia New Holland ... government. One of the primary reasons for the British settlement of Australia was the establishment ... the 80 years more than 165,000 convicts were transported to Australia. ref http landing.ancestry.co.uk ... to the immigrants who arrived in Australia in the Australian gold rushes 1851 1871 gold rush . In 1852 alone, 370,000 immigrants arrived in Australia. By 1871 the total population had nearly quadrupled ... ref The last convicts to be transported to Australia arrived in Western Australia in 1868. According to one estimate, at least 1000 of the convicts sent to Australia before 1850 were not white . ref ... South Pacific in which he visited and claimed Australia in the name of the British Empire ... of Australia. Citation needed date February 2012 New South Wales main History of New South ... East Coast of New Holland Australia New Holland was proposed. The details provided by James Cook ... Wales , on 26 January. The area has since developed into Sydney. This date is still celebrated as Australia ... and domesticated livestock to do this, and the colony waited on the arrival of the Second Fleet Australia ... became a separate colony from New South Wales . Western Australia Image FremantletPrisonWhippingPost ... labour in the 1850s. Transportation of convicts to Western Australia did not begin until 1850 ... convict ship s. The first convicts to arrive in what is now Western Australia were convicts transported ... a settlement there. At that time the western third of Australia was unclaimed land known as New Holland Australia New Holland . Fears that France would lay claim to the land prompted the Governor ... was transferred to the Swan River Western Australia Swan River Colony, and the troops and convicts withdrawn. In April 1848, Charles Fitzgerald was appointed Governor of Western Australia . He ... more details
A number of forms of horse racing are carried out in Australia Thoroughbred racing in Australia Harness racing in Australia Steeplechase racing in Australia disambig ... more details
The Birds of Australia may refer to The Birds of Australia Broinowski The Birds of Australia Broinowski by Gracius J. Broinowski, published 1890 1891 The Birds of Australia Gould The Birds of Australia Gould by John Gould, published 1840 1848 The Birds of Australia Mathews The Birds of Australia Mathews by Gregory M. Mathews, published 1910 1927 See also Birds of Australia Birds of Australia A Summary of Information by J. D. Macdonald, published 1973 The Ornithology of Australia 1865 1870 by Silvester Diggles disambig ... more details
Diving Australia is an Athletic association, and the main body overseeing competitive diving in Australia . External links http www.divingvictoria.com.au Diving Victoria website http www.diving.asn.au Diving Australia website australia sport stub Category Sports governing bodies in Australia ... more details
Birds Australia Western Australia BAWA is the Western Australian regional group of Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Birds Australia . BAWA was formed in 1943 and incorporated in 2001. Members of Birds Australia resident in Western Australia are automatically members of BAWA. BAWA maintains an office, Peregrine House, at Floreat , Perth, Western Australia Perth . It also publishes a quarterly newsletter, WA Bird Notes . Activities provided for members include monthly meetings, a variety of excursions ranging from half day outings to extensive campouts, bird surveys and conservation projects. External links http birdswa.com.au Birds Australia Western Australia Category Ornithological organisations in Australia Category 1943 establishments in AustraliaAustralia org stub ... more details
This article is about the places named Stirling in Australia. For other Stirlings see Stirling disambiguation . There are three places in Australia called Stirling Stirling, Western Australia Stirling A suburb of Perth, Western Australia Perth , Western Australia City of Stirling A Local Government Areas of Western Australia local government area of Perth, Western Australia Perth , Western Australia Stirling, South Australia Stirling a city and region in South Australia just east of Adelaide Stirling, Australian Capital Territory Stirling a suburb in Canberra Division of Stirling Stirling , a Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives federal electorate in Australia centred on the City of Stirling. Electoral district of Stirling Stirling , a State Electoral District state electoral district in Western Australia near the city of Albany, Western Australia Albany . disambig ... more details
Birds Australia may refer to Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union , trading name Birds Australia Birds of Australia , an article about Australian Birds List of Australian birds , a list See also The Birds of Australia disambiguation disambig ... more details
Epping, Australia may refer to one of these suburbs Epping, New South Wales , a suburb of Sydney, Australia Epping, Victoria , a suburb of Melbourne, Australia Disambig ... more details
Football Australia may refer to Football Australia , a full colour Australian rules football magazine publication which ran between 1993 95. Australian Football League , the national league in Australian rules football Football Federation Australia , Official body of soccer in Australia See also Football in Australia disambig ... more details
Wiktionary Australia , a name from Latin australis meaning southern , is used to refer to both a country, the Commonwealth of Australia a continent in the southern hemisphere, Australia continent and the Australian government, Government of Australia , officially called the Commonwealth of Australia For an outline of pages concerning Australian topics, see Outline of AustraliaAustralia may also refer to Film Australia 1989 film Australia 1989 film , directed by Jean Jacques Andrien, a story about Edouard Pierson Australia 2008 film Australia 2008 film , by Baz Luhrmann, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman Music Australia album Australia album , an album by the German cross cultural new age group Cusco Australia Guttermouth song Australia Guttermouth song a song by Guttermouth from their 2000 split EP with Australian band Mach Pelican, The Chicken & Champagne EP Chicken & Champagne Australia Gyroscope song Australia Gyroscope song , a 2008 single by the band Gyroscope Australia Howie Day album Australia Howie Day album , an album by the singer songwriter Howie Day Australia Jonas Brothers song Australia Jonas Brothers song , a song by the Jonas Brothers from their self titled album Australia Manic Street Preachers song Australia Manic Street Preachers song , a 1996 single by the Manic Street Preachers Australia The Kinks song Australia The Kinks song , a song by The Kinks from their 1969 concept album Arthur Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire Australia The Shins song Australia The Shins song , a song by The Shins from their 2007 album Wincing the Night Away Australia , a song by Russian artist Zemfira . Ships Australia II , a 12 metre yacht, Australia s first successful America s Cup challenger HMS Australia 1888 , a ship in the Royal Navy HMAS Australia , three ships in the Royal Australian Navy Other Geographic Beanie Babies AustraliaAustralia Beanie Baby , a Beanie Baby bear produced in 2005 in honour of AustraliaAustralia board game Australia board ... more details
A Daughter of Australia may refer to A Daughter of Australia 1912 film A Daughter of Australia 1912 film , a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Gaston Mervale A Daughter of Australia 1922 film A Daughter of Australia 1922 film , a 1922 Australian silent film directed by Lawson Harris disambiguation ... more details
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