Australia

  • (noun): A nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony.
    Synonyms: Commonwealth of Australia
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on australia:

William Wentworth - Sources
... Writers of New south wales (Sydney, 1866) Rusden, History of Australia (London, 1883) Lewis Deer and John Barr Australia's First Patriot The Story of William C ...
Billy Hughes - Labor Party Prime Minister, 1915–16
... Following the 1914 election, the Labor prime minister of Australia, Andrew Fisher, found the strain of leadership during World War I taxing and faced increasing pressure from the ... Hughes was a strong supporter of Australia's participation in World War I and, after the loss of 28,000 men as casualties (killed, wounded and missing) in ... however greatly disliked Hughes considering him to be "a guest, rather than the representative of Australia" ...
List Of Indigenous Australian Group Names - W
... Wadjalang Dharawala Queensland Wadjari Watjarri Western Australia Northwest Wagiman Wagoman Northern Territory Fitzmaurice Wailpi South Australia Wakabunga Queensland Gulf Wakaja Wakaya ...
Billy Hughes - Political Re-emergence
... Joseph Lyons' newly formed United Australia Party won office convincingly at the 1931 election ... Lyons sent Hughes to represent Australia at the 1932 League of Nations Assembly in Geneva and in 1934 Hughes became Minister for Health and Repatriation in the Lyons government ... him Minister for External Affairs, but Hughes was forced to resign in 1935 after his book Australia and the War Today exposed a lack of preparation in Australia for what Hughes correctly supposed to be a ...
Kingston, Australia
... Places called Kingston in Australia include Kingston, Tasmania Kingston, Victoria Kingston-On-Murray, South Australia Kingston SE, South Australia (named to ...
List Of Indigenous Australian Group Names - P
... Geographical location AIATSIS region Pakadji Queensland Pandjima Banjima Western Australia Northwest Pangerang Victoria Pangkala Banggarla South Australia Spencer Paredarerme Oyster Bay Tasmania ...
William Light - South Australia and The Design of Adelaide
... Light was initially considered for the position of Governor of South Australia - this was, however, given to Hindmarsh ... He sailed for South Australia with his mistress Maria Gandy (his second wife having left him for another man) and some of his staff on the Rapid ... and incomplete self portraits are displayed in the Art Gallery of South Australia on North Terrace ...
Romeo + Juliet - Production
... All development was done in Australia with pre-production in Australia and Canada and post-production in Australia ...
Verandah - Architecture Styles Notable For Verandas
... is used by residential (particularly terraced houses in Australia and New Zealand) and commercial buildings (particularly hotels) across Australia and ... a style of residential construction in Queensland, Australia, which is adapted to subtropical climates and characterized by its large verandas, often in the Filigree style ...
I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! - I'm A Celebrity Series
... Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! Murwillumbah, Australia RTL Television Season 1, 2004 January Costa Cordalis Season 2, 2004 October/November D ... I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! Murwillumbah, Australia ITV1 ( ITV1 HD) STV ( STV HD) UTV ( UTV HD) TV3 (Ireland) Series 1, 2002 Tony Blackburn Series 2, 2003 Phil Tufnell Series 3, Early 2004 Kerry Katona ...

More definitions of "Australia":

  • (noun): The smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean.

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