Use dmy dates date September 2011 For the warship referred to as HMAS AustraliaII HMAS Australia D84 Americascup shortname AustraliaII image File AustraliaII pan.JPG 300px Fullname club Royal Perth ... year 1982 wins Louis Vuitton Cup 1983 br America s Cup 1983 boats KA 6 AustraliaII KA 6 is the Australian ... 25&idContent 680 title 1983 AUSTRALIAII KA author J.T. work 33rd America s Cup accessdate 3 May 2011 .... Lexcen s AustraliaII design featured a winged keel which gave the boat a significant advantage in maneuverability ... II s favour. AustraliaII sported a number of other innovative features which contributed to her success ... II keel 1 .jpg thumb right Winged keel of AustraliaII In 2009, Dutch naval architect Peter van Oossanen ... ref If true, this would have been reason to disqualify AustraliaII , since the rules state that the yacht ... upon Ben Lexcen and AustraliaII since she competed for the Cup in 1983 has been refuted by both John ... news stories 2009 10 14 2713480.htm title Dutchman Claims AustraliaII Keel Design author ... Louis Vuitton Cup main 1983 Louis Vuitton Cup AustraliaII dominated the 1983 Louis Vuitton Cup before ... II , bearing sail number KA6, represented the Royal Perth Yacht Club of Australia in its 1983 .... AustraliaII , skippered by John Bertrand Australian sailor John Bertrand , faced Dennis Conner sailing the 12 metre Liberty yacht Liberty in the ocean off Newport, Rhode Island . AustraliaII ... was underscored when AustraliaII was awarded the American Broadcasting Company ABC ... The Boxing Kangaroo was the official mascot of the AustraliaII effort. The win was received with much ... anthem for the crew. In the film Wind film Wind , AustraliaII is portrayed as Boomerang . Retirement In the mid 1980s, AustraliaII was sold by Alan Bond to the Australian government. ref name SMHausII cite news title Go west AustraliaII heads for home first 27 October 2000 work The Sydney Morning ... are they now AustraliaII KA 6 Further reading Schmitt, Hugh. 1987 AustraliaII details on the housing ... more details
The Australian II Corps was an Australian Army corps . II Corps was established in early 1942 to command Australian Army units deployed to protect the Sydney region and later commanded operational units in New Guinea , Bougainville Province Bougainville and New Britain . II Corps was disbanded on 24 September 1945 following the end of the Second World War . Units Units assigned to II Corps at various times included 3rd Division Australia 3rd Division ref name Dennis Dennis et al 1995, p. 162. ref 5th Division Australia 5th Division ref name Dennis 11th Division Australia 11th Division ref name Dennis Citations reflist References cite book last Dennis first Peter coauthor et al year 1995 title The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History publisher Oxford University Press location Melbourne isbn 0 19 553227 9 DEFAULTSORT II Corps Australia Category Corps of Australia 2 Category Military units and formations established in 1942 Category Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Australia mil stub ... more details
Due to Australia s geographic position there were relatively few attacks on Australia during World War II . Axis Powers Axis surface raiders and submarines periodically attacked shipping in Australian waters from 1940 to early 1945 and Japanese aircraft bombed towns and airfields in Northern Australia on 97 occasions during 1942 and 1943. Naval attacks Main Axis naval activity in Australian waters Expand section date May 2008 Six German surface raiders operated in Australian waters at different times between 1940 to 1943. These ships sank a small number of merchant ships and the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney 1934 HMAS Sydney . The German submarine Unterseeboot 862 U 862 also carried out attacks in Australian waters in late 1944 and early 1945. Japanese submarines operated in Australian waters from January 1942 until July 1944. Major submarine offensives were carried out against shipping off the Australian east coast from May to July 1942 and January to July 1943. A small Japanese reconnaissance party also briefly landed in the Kimberley Western Australia Kimberley region of Western Australia in January 1944. Air attacks Main Air raids on Australia, 1942 43 Expand section date May 2008 The first air raid on Australia occurred on 19 February 1942 Bombing of Darwin February 1942 when Darwin was attacked by 242 Japanese aircraft. Occasional attacks on northern Australian towns and airfields continued until November 1943. References Australian War Memorial http www.awm.gov.au encyclopedia air raids Air raids on Australian mainland Second World War Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT Attacks On Australia During World War Ii Category Military attacks against Australia ... more details
During her many visits to Australia , Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth II has opened sessions of parliament and unveiled various buildings, venues and other things. They include class wikitable sortable Venue ... Elizabeth II in Australia, 1954 1992 work National Library of Australia accessdate 3 November 2011 Category Elizabeth II Category Australia related lists Elizabeth II, official openings Category Monarchy in Australia Official openings ... NSW 5 February 1954 Remembrance Driveway Australia Remembrance Driveway Sydney &ndash Canberra NSW ACT 5 February 1954 Parliament of Australia Canberra ACT 15 February 1954 Australian American Memorial ... to the Shrine of Remembrance Melbourne Vic 28 February 1954 Parliament of South Australia Adelaide ... ACT 13 March 1963 Council House, Perth Council House Perth, Western Australia Perth WA 25 March 1963 University of Western Australia Golden Jubilee Celebrations Perth, Western Australia Perth WA ... Sydney Opera House Sydney NSW 20 October 1973 Parliament of Australia Canberra ACT 28 February 1974 Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre Brisbane Qld 10 March 1977 High Court of Australia Canberra ... Sydney NSW 11 October 1982 National Gallery of Australia Canberra ACT 12 October 1982 1982 Commonwealth ... 1986 Carrick Hill Springfield, South Australia Springfield SA 9 March 1986 Australian Stockman s Hall ..., Western Australia Perth WA 28 October 2011 Photo gallery center gallery Image NSWParliament1.jpg ... 1954, 1974 Parliament of Australia . Image AA memorial 3.JPG 1954 Australian American Memorial . Image ... of Remembrance . Image SAParliamentHouseStructure.JPG 1954 Parliament of South Australia . Image Council ... . Image Sydney opera house side view.jpg 1973 Sydney Opera House . Image High Court Australia 02JAC.jpg 1982 High Court of Australia . Image NGA Canberra 01JAC.jpg 1982 National Gallery of Australia ... 1988 Parliament House, Canberra . gallery center See also Royal visits to Australia External links ... more details
This is a list of prisoner of war camps in Australia during World War II. During World War IIAustralia interned enemy aliens under the National Security Act of 1939 . Prisoners of War were also sent to Australia from other Allied countries. New South Wales class wikitable Camp Place 6 Hay Internment and POW camps Hay 7 Hay Internment and POW camps Hay 8 Hay Internment and POW camps Hay 12 Cowra breakout Cowra 15 Yanco, New South Wales Yanco Liverpool, New South Wales Liverpool Prisoners Of War and Internment Camp Bathurst, New South Wales Bathurst Internment Camp at Bathurst Civil Gaol Long Bay Correctional Centre Long Bay Civil Gaol Long Bay State Reformatory Orange, New South Wales Orange Temporary Internment Camp Peat Island Civil Reformatory Queensland class wikitable Camp Place Gaythorne ... Thompson s Point POW camp South Australia class wikitable Camp Place 17 Sandy Creek Internment ..., South Australia Cook POW Labour Camp No. 3 POW Labour Detachment Gladstone, South Australia Old ... Australia class wikitable Camp Place 11 Harvey, Western Australia Harvey Internment Camp 16 Marrinup, Western Australia Marrinup POW Camp No. 11 Detention Barracks Fremantle Prison Jarrahdale, Western Australia Jarrahdale POW Camp No 8 Prisoner of War Labour Detachment from No 13 camp, Victoria North Dandalup, Western Australia North Dandalup Work Camp Northam, Western Australia Northam POW Camp Northcliffe, Western Australia Northcliffe POW Camp Parkeston, Western Australia Parkeston Transit and Detention Camp Rottnest Island POW Hostel Wembley, Western Australia Wembley POW Camp Woodman ... Germans In World War One Australia online exhibition Category Military history of Australia during World War II Prisoner of war camps in Australia Category Lists of World War II prisoner of war camps Australia Category World War II prisoner of war camps in Australia Category Australia related lists POW camps Category Military camps in Australia Prisoner of war camps in Australia ... more details
during World War II Japanese attacks on Australia during the war were not precursors to invasion ... P. title Japan s Southward Advance and Australia. From the Sixteenth Century to World War II year 1991 ... Category Cancelled military operations of World War II Category Military attacks against Australia ... Japanese Navy IJN proposed an invasion of Australia . This proposal was opposed by the Imperial Japanese ... and isolating Australia from the United States via blockade by advancing through the Oceania South ... of the Pacific War led elements of the IJN to propose invading Australia. In December 1941 the Navy proposed including an invasion of Northern Australia as one of Japan s stage two war objectives after ... to use Australia as a base to launch a counter offensive in the South West Pacific . The Navy headquarters argued that this invasion could be carried out by a small landing force as this area of Australia was lightly defended and isolated from Australia s main population centres. ref Frei 1991 ... the perimeter of Japan s conquests, and it believed that invading Australia would over extend ... opposed invading Australia. Instead, Tojo favoured a policy of forcing Australia to submit ... so invade Australia . We had already far out stretched our lines of communication . We did not have ... base, and to raid Northern Australia by air. But actual physical invasion no, at no time. ref ... with Japan the Netherlands East Indies and Australia would be crushed if they resisted but if they recognised ... of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The proposed offensive on Fiji, Samoa, and New Caledonia ... to invade Australia differed greatly and formed a central area of discussion. In December 1941 the Navy ... be sufficient to secure Australia s north eastern and north western coastal areas. In contrast, the Army .... The Army s planners estimated that transporting this force to Australia would require 1.5 to 2 ... s proposal of limiting an invasion of Australia to securing enclaves in the north of the country as being ... more details
This list contains a List of Coastal Batteries in Australia and Territories during World War II . The main threat came early in the war from German raiders and threat of Japanese raids or invasion, and hence ... isbn 0195515072 David Spethman, The Garrison Guns of Australia 1788 1962 , published by Ron H Mortensen, Inala QLD 2008. ISBN 978 0 9775990 8 0 Category Military history of Australia during World War II Category Artillery units and formations of Australia ... Mark VII Sydney File Midheadfort.jpg thumb Middle Head Fortifications, Sydney Harbour Fort Banks Australia ... Praed Point Battery 2 x BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun 6 inch Mk VII guns South Australia Largs Battery, Adelaide, South Australia 2 x BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun 6in Mark VII guns Tasmania Hobart coastal ... Australia Albany Princess Battery, Albany, Western Australia 2 x BL 6 inch gun Mk I VI 6in QFC guns ..., Garden Island, Western Australia 2 x 4 50 caliber gun 4 inch ex US naval guns Challenger Battery, Garden Island, Western Australia 2 x Canon de 155mm GPF 155mm guns Collie Battery, Fremantle, Western Australia 2 x QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun QF 12 pounder guns Harbour Battery, Fremantle, Western Australia 2 x 6pdr 10cwt, 2 x Ordnance QF 18 pounder 18 pounder Mk IV Leighton Battery, Fremantle, Western Australia 2 x BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun 6in Mark VII guns Oliver s Battery, Rottnest Island 2 x BL 9.2 inch gun Mk IX X 9.2in Mark X guns Peron Battery, Cape Peron , Western Australia 2 ..., Western Australia 2 x BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun 6in Mark VII guns Note A 9.2in Mark Xv battery was under construction. Geraldton Geraldton Battery, Geraldton, Western Australia 2 x 4 50 caliber gun ... Phillip , Victoria Australia Victoria 1 x BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun 6in Mark VII gun Crow s Nest ..., Victoria 2 x BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun 6in Mark VII guns See also Commonscat World War II defence of Australia References cite book title The Gunners. A History of Australian Artillery last Horner ... more details
Australia entered World War II shortly after the Invasion of Poland 1939 invasion of Poland , declaring ... I and World War II, Australia suffered greatly from the Great Depression . This limited Australian ... East During the first years of World War II, Australia s military strategy was closely aligned ... 1945 Australia played a small role in the Italian Campaign World War II Italian Campaign . The RAN returned ... Theatre of World War II European theatre , North African campaign , and the South West Pacific theatre of World War II South West Pacific theatre . In addition, Australia Attacks on Australia during World War II came under direct attack for the first time in its history its casualties ... infosheets war casualties.asp accessdate 4 April 2009 ref In effect, Australia fought two wars ... the Japanese until the war ended. World War II contributed to major changes in the nation s economy ... of a larger peacetime military and began the process with which Australia shifted the focus of its foreign policy from Britain Australia United States relations to the United States . The effects ... the late 1920s and early 1930s. In the years leading up to the war, Australia followed Britain s policy ... independence. ref Macintyre 1986 . p. 325. ref Australia entered the war against Germany on 3 ... enter the war was primarily made on the grounds that Australia s interests were inextricably linked to those of Britain, and that a British defeat would destroy the system of imperial defence which Australia ... of 20,000 men organised into an infantry division the 6th Division Australia 6th Division ... to service in Australia and its external territories, and was formed by raising new units rather ... to defend Australia and the British Empire. ref Beaumont 1996 . pp. 7 9. ref The AIF s major units ... War II British Expeditionary Force in France when its preparations were complete, but this did not eventuate ... A further three AIF infantry divisions the 7th Division Australia 7th Division , 8th Division Australia ... more details
refimprove date May 2010 This is a list of fighter ace s in World War II from Australia . For other countries see List of World War II aces by country . compactTOC A class wikitable Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes Archer, John 13 Armstrong, Hugo Throssell Sinker 11 2 RAF & 611 RAF DFC KIA 5 February 1943 Wilfred Arthur Arthur, Wilfred Stanley Woof 10 ref name Odgers George Odgers 1984 . The Royal Australian Air Force An Illustrated History , p.125 ref ref name Garrisson A.D. Garrisson 1999 . Australian Fighter Aces 1914 1953 , pp.31 32 ref 3 RAAF DSO, DFC Atherton, Geoffrey Charles 6 75 RAAF DFC B class wikitable Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes Bailey, Hughbert G Bill 14 Nicky Barr Barr, Andrew William Nicky 12 ref name Odgers ref name Garrisson MC, DFC Bartle, John Phillip Jack 7 Bell, Maxwell Heron 5 19 RAF DFC KIA 9 September 1944 ref http www.cwgc.org search casualty details.aspx?casualty 1083756 ref Bisley, John Henry Eric 7 Bowes, Roderick Russell Herbert 7 21 05 1943 Boyd, Alan Hill 7 Boyd, John Livingstone Tony 7 DFM KIA 14 May 1942 Malta ref http www.cwgc.org search casualty details.aspx?casualty 1703857 ref Virgil Brennan Brennan, Paul Virgil 10 ref name Odgers ref name Garrisson DFC, DFM KIFA 13 June 1943 Bretherton, Bruce Albert 8 Bungey, Robert Wilton 5 DFC Died 10 June 1943 ref http www.cwgc.org search casualty details.aspx?casualty 2249879 ref Bunting, Bobby 5 Burney, Henry George 5 C class wikitable Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes Clive Caldwell Caldwell, Clive Killer 28 ref name Odgers ref name Garrisson ref http www.awm.gov.au people 18265.asp Group Captain ... to Australia. F class wikitable Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes Fikree, Albert 14 Russell Foskett ... 1532214 ref References reflist 2 Lists of flying aces Category Lists of World War II flying aces Australia Category Australian World War II flying aces Category Lists of Australian people World War II flying aces ... more details
history of Australia during World War II Defence of Australia threat of Japanese invasion ... treaty. ref Davison, Hirst and Macintyre, p. 30. ref After World War IIAustralia encouraged ... date March 2011 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 ... 2011 11 19 round 0 AUTOUPDATES DAILY at 00 00 UTC, Australia pop clock adds 1 person every 91 seconds ... publisher Commonwealth of Australia accessdate 19 November 2011 The population estimate shown ... 50th population census 19,855,288 ref Census 2006 AUS id 0 name Australia accessdate 14 October ... 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 ... 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 ... more details
Australia A may refer to Australia A cricket team Australia A national rugby union team disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... 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 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
Ii or ii can refer to ii digraph , a digraph in certain romanized alphabets Ii, Finland , a municipality of Finland Ii is a Japanese surname, daimyo of Hikone Ii clan , Japanese clan Sengoku period Ii Naomasa , one of four Guardians of the Tokugawa clan Naoyuki IiIi Naoyuki , a Japanese author iiNet , a major Australian Internet service provider trading as simply ii 2 number , in lowercase Roman numerals Illegal immigrant especially in Hong Kong vernacular Invariant chain ii IRC client , short for IRC It, an Internet Relay Chat client for Unix like operating systems John Papa , Hawaiian noble Yi language ISO 639 alpha 2, ii Supertonic , in music See also II disambiguation disambig Category Surnames eo Ii no Ii pt II fi Ii t smennyssivu ... more details
Refimprove date July 2009 Infobox rocket stage name S II image ap6 MSFC 6758331.jpg caption The Apollo 6 S II stage during stacking operations in the Vehicle Assembly Building VAB manufacturer North American ... LH2 The S II pronounced ess two was the second stage of the Saturn V rocket. It was built by North ... building in Seal Beach, CA The beginning of the S II came in December 1959 when a committee recommended ... time the S II stage design began to take shape. Initially it was to have four J 2 engines and be 22.5 ... second stage.jpg left thumb Cutaway illustration of the S II second stage When fully loaded with propellant, the S II had a mass of about 481 tonne s. The hardware was only 7.6 of this 92.4 was liquid ... like the S IC , the S II used a common bulkhead that included both the top of the LOX tank and bottom .... The final method was to spray insulation on by hand and trim the excess. The S II was constructed ... efefef Current location style background efefef Notes S II F Used as Dynamic Test Stage replacement after destruction of S II S D and S II T At the U.S. Space & Rocket Center , Huntsville, Alabama Huntsville , Alabama br coord 34.710544 86.657185 format dms type landmark region US AL name S II F S II T Destroyed in explosion May 28, 1966 S II D Construction canceled S II S D Structural and Dynamic Test Vehicle Destroyed in test stand September 29, 1965 S II 1 Apollo 4 November 9, 1967 coord 32 12 N 39 40 W name S II 1 Carried Camera Targets spaced around the forward skirt and carried cameras to record first stage separation S II 2 Apollo 6 April 4, 1968 carried cameras to record first stage separation S II 3 Apollo 8 December 21, 1968 coord 31 50 N 38 0 W name S II 3 S II 4 Apollo 9 March 3, 1969 coord 31 28 N 34 2 W name S II 4 1800 kg lighter allowing 600 kg more payload, more powerful engines and carried more LOX S II 5 Apollo 10 May 18, 1969 coord 31 31 N 34 31 W name S II 5 S II 6 Apollo 11 July 16, 1969 coord 31 32 N 34 51 W name S II 6 S II 7 Apollo 12 November 14 ... 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 AustraliaII , 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 honor of AustraliaAustralia board game Australia board ... more details
branch Head of state Monarchy of Australia Queen of Australia Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II Head of state s representative Governor General of Australia Governor General Quentin ... 209 Australian Coat of Arms.png 135 The Flag of Australia The Coat of arms of Australia File Australia orthographic projection .svg thumb 188px Location of Australia File Map of Australia.png thumb An enlargeable map of the Commonwealth of Australia File Australia New Guinea continent.jpg thumb thumb Continent of Australia showing the continental shelf light blue around the mainland extending to the islands of New Guinea and Tasmania see also Index of Australia related articles The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to AustraliaAustralia refers to both the Australia continent continent of Australia and to the Commonwealth of Australia , the List of sovereign states sovereign country . Australia, the world s smallest continent , is in the southern hemisphere and borders both the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean . The Commonwealth of Australia comprises ... the world factbook geos as.html title Australia work The World Factbook publisher United States ... in Northern Australia. Melbourne University Press ref the eastern half of Australia was later ... As map.png thumb An enlargeable basic map of Australia Pronunciation Australian English IPA endia str lj ... IPA endia stre li. , stre lj en us Australia.ogg Common English country name Australia Official English country name The Commonwealth of Australia Common endonym s List of countries and capitals ... s Etymology Name of Australia International rankings of Australia ISO country codes AU, AUS, 036 ... of australia.jpg thumb An enlargeable topographic map of Australia File Australia climate map MJC01.png thumb Climatic zones in Australia, based on K ppen classification . File AustraliaMap Extremities.PNG thumb 200px right Extreme Points of Mainland Australia Main articles Australia continent ... more details
of Queensland Queensland government . Campaignbox Battle for Australia Campaignbox Pacific 1941 Campaignbox South West Pacific The Battle for Australia is a contested historiography historiographical term used to claim a link between a series of battles near Australia during the Pacific War of the World War II Second World War . Since 2008 these battles have been commemorated by Battle for Australia ... invasion of Australia during World War II Operation FS Notes reflist References Peter Stanley 2002 ... Conflicts in 1943 Category South West Pacific theatre of World War IIAustralia Category 1942 in Australia Category Military campaigns and theatres of World War II involving AustraliaAustralia Category ... and Services League of Australia RSL and Battle for Australia Commemoration National Council campaigned ... for Australia . ref name Battle won This campaign was successful, and in 2008 the Australian Government proclaimed that commemorations for the Battle for Australia would be held annually on the first Wednesday in September, with the day being designated Battle for Australia Day . ref name Battle ... recognises the service and sacrifice of all those who served in defence of Australia in 1942 and 1943 ... first Max title Battle for Australia Day in September url http news.smh.com.au national battle for australia day in september 20080626 2xf3.html accessdate 23 December 2011 newspaper The Sydney Morning ... Memorial argues that the concept of a Battle for Australia is mistaken as these actions did not form a single campaign aimed against Australia. Stanley has also stated that no historian he knows believes that there was a Battle for Australia . ref name Stanley What BoA? cite web last Stanley first Peter title What Battle for Australia ? url http www.abc.net.au unleashed 32530.html work The Drum ... argued that the concept of a Battle for Australia is invalid as the events which are considered to form the battle were only loosely related. Stanley argued that The Battle for Australia movement ... more details
Use dmy dates date March 2011 Unreferenced date December 2009 See also 1889 in Australia , 1890 other events of 1890 , 1891 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history . Incumbents Premiers of New South Wales Premier of New South Wales Henry Parkes Premiers of South Australia Premier of South Australia John Cockburn Australian politician John Cockburn until 19 August, then Thomas Playford II Premiers of Queensland Premier of Queensland Boyd Dunlop Morehead until 12 August, then Samuel Griffith Premiers of Tasmania Premier of Tasmania Philip Fysh Premier of Western Australia established from 29 December, John Forrest Premiers of Victoria Premier of Victoria Duncan Gillies until 5 November, then James Munro Australian politician James Munro Events 1 January The University of Tasmania opens 28 February The steamship RMS Quetta sinks off Cape York Peninsula , killing 133 29 December Sir John Forrest becomes the Premier of Western Australia and the first Premier in Australia. Science & Technology Arts and literature 26 April Banjo Patterson s The Man from Snowy River poem The Man from Snowy River is published. Sport 31 May &ndash The first Australian Championships in Athletics are held under the name Inter Colonial Meet . The men s competition is staged at the Moore Park in Sydney . Carbine horse Carbine wins the Melbourne Cup Births 2 March Sir Malcolm Barclay Harvey , Governor of South Australia 1939&ndash 1944 d. 1969 10 March Albert Ogilvie , Premier of Tasmania d. 1939 18 July Frank Forde , 15th Prime Minister of Australia d. 1983 29 August Richard Casey, Baron Casey Richard Gardiner Casey , Governor General of Australia d. 1976 10 September Robert Heffron , Premier of New South Wales d. 1978 31 December Daryl Lindsay , artist d. 1976 Deaths 9 November James Boag I , brewer b. 1822 DEFAULTSORT 1890 In Australia Category 1890 by country Australia Category 1890 in Australia Category Years of the 19th century in Australia ... more details
Use dmy dates date January 2011 Unreferenced date December 2009 See also 1886 in Australia , 1887 other events of 1887 , 1888 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history . Incumbents Premiers of New South Wales Premier of New South Wales Patrick Jennings Australian politician Patrick Jenning until 19 January , then Henry Parkes Premiers of South Australia Premier of South Australia John Downer until 11 June , then Thomas Playford II Premiers of Queensland Premier of Queensland Samuel Griffith Premiers of Tasmania Premier of Tasmania James Agnew until 29 March , then Philip Fysh Premiers of Victoria Premier of Victoria Duncan Gillies Governor of Western Australia Governor of the Crown Colony of Western Australia Frederick Broome Sir Frederick Broome Events 1 January Clement Wragge is appointed Government Meteorologist for Queensland 21 January Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres 18.3 inches , a record for any Australian capital city. 23 March 81 miners are killed during a coal gas explosion at Bulli, New South Wales 22 April A cyclone hits a pearling fleet off Eighty Mile Beach , 120 men drown. 22 June The Fremantle Fremantle Town Hall Town Hall is opened. 19 October The Sydney bound steamer SS Cheviot SS Cheviot is wrecked near Point Nepean , Victoria Australia Victoria , claiming 35 lives. Science and technology Construction of Goulburn Weir commenced, one of Australia s earliest Irrigation in Australia irrigation schemes . Arts and literature Sport Dunlop wins the Melbourne Cup Births 2 February Pat Sullivan , film director d. 1933 16 April Henry Gordon Bennett , soldier d. 1962 Deaths DEFAULTSORT 1887 In Australia Category 1887 by country Australia Category 1887 in Australia Category Years of the 19th century in Australia ... more details
Use dmy dates date December 2010 Unreferenced date December 2009 See also 1890 in Australia , 1891 other events of 1891 , 1892 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history . Incumbents Premiers of New South Wales Premier of New South Wales Henry Parkes until 23 October then George Dibbs Premiers of South Australia Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford II Premiers of Queensland Premier of Queensland Samuel Griffith Premiers of Tasmania Premier of Tasmania Philip Fysh Premier of Western Australia John Forrest Premiers of Victoria Premier of Victoria James Munro Australian politician James Munro Events 5 January The 1891 Australian shearers strike begins, which leads to the formation of the Australian Labor Party 17 June The Australian Labor Party Labor party first entered the New South Wales Legislative Assembly with 35 members elected. 9 October The ceremonial mace is stolen from Victoria s Parliament House, Melbourne . Science & Technology Arts and literature Census class wikitable style margin 1em auto 1em auto 1891 census results NSW Vic Qld Tas SA NT WA Australia 1,123,954 1,139,840 393,718 315,533 146,667 49,782 4,898 3,174,392 Sport Malvolio wins the Melbourne Cup Births 30 April &ndash Pat O Hara Wood , tennis player d. 1961 26 September &ndash William McKell , Premier of NSW and Governor General of Australia d. 1985 25 December in New Zealand &ndash Clarrie Grimmett , cricketer d. 1980 Deaths 8 May John Robertson New South Wales Premier John Robertson b. 1816 , Premier of New South Wales 29 October Edward Hargraves b. 1816 , gold prospector 7 December Arthur Blyth b. 1823 , Premier of South Australia DEFAULTSORT 1891 In Australia Category 1891 by country Australia Category 1891 in Australia Category Years of the 19th century in Australia ... more details
Infobox Australian year monarch Elizabeth II governor general Quentin Bryce pm Julia Gillard population australian elections Australian Capital Territory general election, 2012 ACT , Northern Territory general election, 2012 NT See also 2011 in Australia , 2012 other events of 2012 , 2013 in Australia yearbox in? in Australia cp 20th Century c 21st century cf 22nd century yp1 2009 yp2 2010 yp3 2011 year 2012 ya1 2013 ya2 2014 ya3 2015 dp3 1980s dp2 1990s dp1 2000s decade 2000s d 2010 2019 2010s da 0 dn1 2020s dn2 2030s dn3 2040s Incumbents Main 2012 Australian incumbents Monarchy in Australia Monarch Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II Governor General of Australia Governor General Quentin Bryce Prime Minister of Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard Premiers and Chief Ministers Premier of New South Wales Barry O Farrell Premier of South Australia Jay Weatherill Premier of Queensland Anna Bligh Premier of Tasmania Lara Giddings Premier of Western Australia Colin Barnett Premier of Victoria Ted Baillieu Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory Katy Gallagher Chief Minister of the Northern Territory Paul Henderson Australian politician Paul Henderson List of heads of government of Norfolk Island Chief Minister of Norfolk Island David Buffett Governors and Administrators Governor of New South Wales Marie Bashir Governor of South Australia Kevin Scarce Governor of Queensland Penelope Wensley Governor of Tasmania Peter Underwood Governor of Western Australia Malcolm McCusker Governor of Victoria Alex Chernov Administrator of the Northern Territory Tom Pauling List of administrative heads of Norfolk Island Administrator of Norfolk Island Owen Walsh Events January Arts and literature Science and technology Film Television main 2012 in Australian television ... television References reflist 2 Oceania topic 2012 in Category 2012 in Australia Category Years of the 21st century 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
All for Australia is a 1984 book by Australia n historian Professor Geoffrey Blainey . It criticizes Australian Immigration to Australia immigration policy and the direction in which it is shaping the nation. In particular, the book is critical of what Blainey views as the disproportionately high levels of Asian immigration to Australia since the mid 1970s. Overview and main themes In All for Australia , Blainey argues For the sake of national unity, the typical nation practices discrimination against migrants on the basis of ethnicity. Ironically, the Asian countries which Australia is too afraid to offend have no hesitation in using this right to retain their current ethnic compositions. Every nation relies on a sense of community. That sense of community belonging can easily be damaged by the rapid entry of foreign peoples who unintentionally erode national cohesion. Immigration is one of the most important issues facing a nation. The notion that it is too contentious to be publicly debated makes a mockery of democracy . Multiculturalism tends to emphasize the rights of ethnic minorities at the expense of the majority of Australians, thus unnecessarily encouraging division and threatening social cohesion. The policy of multiculturalism has tended to be implicitly anti Great Britain British , despite Australia s British colonial heritage and the large number of post World War II British immigrants to Australia. Australian immigration policy has moved from one extreme to another, from a policy that sought to encourage European immigration and restrict Asian immigration White Australia policy , to a policy that now gives disproportionate preference to Asians Asian immigration. Blainey asserts that this preferential treatment of Asian immigrants partly arose from a sense ... synopsis of the major points made in All For Australia Category 1984 books Category Books about politics of Australia nonfiction book stub ... more details
One ship of the Royal Navy and two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name Australia . A fourth ship was to receive the name, but her transfer from the Royal Navy to the Royal Australian Navy was cancelled HMS Australia 1888 was an Orlando class cruiser of the Royal Navy completed in 1888 and scrapped in 1905. HMAS Australia 1911 was an Indefatigable class battlecruiser Indefatigable class battlecruiser launched in 1911, shortly after the formation of the Royal Australian Navy , and sunk in 1924 in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty . HMAS Australia D84 was a County class cruiser County class heavy cruiser launched in 1927 and broken up in 1956. The British aircraft carrier HMS Invincible R05 was to be sold to Australia in 1982 and renamed HMAS Australia . This sale was cancelled following the Falklands War and the Australian federal election, 1983 1983 Australian federal election . Battle honours Ships named HMAS Australia are entitled to carry ten battle honours ref cite news url http www.navy.gov.au Navy Marks 109th Birthday With Historic Changes To Battle Honours title Navy Marks 109th Birthday With Historic Changes To Battle Honours date 1 March 2010 publisher Royal Australian Navy accessdate 4 March 2010 ref ref cite web url http www.navy.gov.au w images Units entitlement list.pdf title Royal Australian Navy Ship Unit Battle Honours date 1 March 2010 publisher Royal Australian Navy accessdate 4 March 2010 ref Rabaul 1914 Naval warfare of World War I North Sea North Sea 1915 18 Battle of the Atlantic 1939 1945 Atlantic 1940 41 South West Pacific theatre of World War II Pacific 1941 43 Battle of the Coral Sea Coral Sea 1942 Battle of Savo ... of Australia References reflist Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Australia, Hmas Category Royal Australian Navy ship names Category Royal Navy ship names de HMAS Australia hu HMAS Australia egy rtelm s t lap no HMAS Australia pl HMAS Australia sl HMAS Australia vi HMAS Australia ... more details
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
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