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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 utc offset 8 to 10.5 time zone DST Time in Australia various ref name time group N utc offset DST ... 2CPPPGDP 2CPPPPC 2CLP&grp 0&a &pr1.x 84&pr1.y 12 title Australia work IMF website publisher International ... 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
. 7 June Darlinghurst Gaol took in its first prisoners. 1 July The Convictism in Australia convict ... October Caroline Chisholm established the Female Immigrants Home to help unemployed new arrivals 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 24 ... fever epidemic in Australia probably Australia s earliest contribution to clinical medicine . Arts ... is known to be Charlotte Barton . Sport Births Deaths See also 1841 1840s DEFAULTSORT 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 March 2011 Unreferenced date December 2009 See also 1811 in Australia , 1812 other events of 1812 , 1813 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history . 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
s Land which was felt to have too many Convictism in Australia convict connotations. 8 June Pitcairn ...Use dmy dates date February 2011 Unreferenced date December 2009 See also 1855 in Australia , 1856 other events of 1856 , 1857 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history . Incumbents Governors Governors of the Australian states Governors of the Australian colonies Governors of New South Wales Governor of New South Wales William Denison Sir William Denison Governors of South Australia Governor of South Australia Richard Graves MacDonnell Sir Richard MacDonnell Governors of Tasmania Governor of Tasmania Henry Young Sir Henry Young Governors of Victoria Governor of Victoria Henry Barkly Sir Henry Barkly Governor of Western Australia Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony Charles Fitzgerald Captain Charles Fitzgerald Premiers Premiers of the Australian states Premiers of the Australian colonies Premiers of New South Wales Premier of New South Wales Stuart Donaldson from 6 June ... of Queensland Premier of Queensland office not created until 1859 Premiers of South Australia Premier of South Australia Boyle Finniss from 24 October Premiers of Tasmania Premier of Tasmania William ... Dr William Haines Premier of Western Australia office not created until 1890 in Australia 1890 Events ... ballot in Victoria 2 April South Australia introduced the secret ballot 11 April At a public ... The town of Perth, Western Australia is proclaimed a City by letters patent from Queen Victoria ... , Australia Originally part of NSW , its 150 year anniversary was celebrated in 2006. Science ... Shield Births 8 March Tom Roberts , artist d. 1931 3 August Alfred Deakin , Prime Minister of Australia ... d. 1916 3 December George Leake , Premier of Western Australia d. 1902 Deaths 1 January Convict William ... In Australia Category 1856 by country Australia Category 1856 in Australia Category Years of the 19th century in Australia ... more details
Related to the year 1788 in Australia Leaders Unsourced image removed Image 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 wud 15 April Phillip King explores northwards to Manly, New South Wales Manly , and sights the Blue Mountains Australia Blue Mountains . ref name nla wud 23 April Governor Phillip explores the area now known as Parramatta, New South Wales Parramatta , west ... white child Australia first white child in Australia is born. References reflist cite book last ... location St Leonards isbn 1 86373 986 Years 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
Crime wise, Australia is comparatively a safe place to live, though often the perception of crime is much ... 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 ... provides national statistics on crime in Australia. ref http www.aic.gov.au statistics.aspx Australian ... offender population across Australia. ref cite news url http news.smh.com.au breaking news national ... 10 financial year, 84,100 women had police action taken against them across Australia, up ... 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 During the late 18th and 19th centuries, large numbers of convict ... publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford year 2002 isbn 0 19 860575 7 quote convictism noun ... of the primary reasons for the British settlement of Australia was the establishment of a penal colony ... than 165,000 convicts were transported 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 ... as their base. Riots in Australia See also Civil disturbances in Western Australia Lambing Flat ... Redfern riots 2005 Macquarie Fields riots 2005 Cronulla riots Law enforcement in Australia Deleted ... 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 ... misconception that in Australia there are two distinct levels of police forces, the various state ... Support Association Penal system Main Penal system in Australia Major crimes in Australia See Timeline of major crimes in Australia List of convicted Australian criminals Australian crime related ... more details
2011. ref rather than as a convictism in Australia convict settlement. Official settlement began ...Use Australian English date May 2011 For the song South Australia song 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 Motto Map Tigris Australia ... established date1 South Australia Act 1834 1834 established event2 Responsible Government established date2 1857 established event3 Became State established date3 1901 established event4 Australia Act 1986 Australia Act established date4 3 March 1986 PostalAbbreviation SA AreaRank 4th TotalArea ... 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 central part of the country ... km2 sqmi 0 , it is the fourth largest of Australia s six states and two territories. South Australia ... 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 Victoria , and to the south ... s origins are unique in Australia as a freely settled, planned British province, ref http ... . The first settlement to be established was Kingscote, South Australia Kingscote , Kangaroo Island ... its history is marked by economic hardship, South Australia has remained politically innovative ... Australia Evidence for human activity in South Australia dates back as far as 20,000 years ago with flint .... Royal Society of South Australia Inc. ISBN 0 9596627 1 5 ref The first recorded European sighting ... ranking individual on board. Citation needed date April 2010 The coastline of South Australia ... of South Australia was claimed for Britain in 1788 as part of the colony of New South Wales. Although ... 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
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
, though the outpost languished, eventually requesting Convictism in Australia convict labour to augment ...Coord 26 0 S 121 0 E display title 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 or the Golden State Emblems ... manglesii ref cite web title The Floral Emblem of Western Australia publisher Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Government of Western Australia url http www.dpc.wa.gov.au index.cfm?event symbolsWaFloral ... state colours Colours Emblem5 Gold and Black from the State Badge Capital Perth, Western Australia ... Colin Barnett ChiefParty Liberal Party of Australia LP Viceroy Malcolm McCusker ViceroyType Governor ... date1 1829 established event2 Responsible Government as Western Australia established date2 1890 established event3 Became State established date3 1901 established event4 Australia Act 1986 Australia ... www.wa.gov.au Western Australia abbreviated as WA ref West Australia and its related demonym West Australia are occasionally used, but can be considered incorrect. Western Australia is always used in an official sense, never West Australia. The terms Westralia disambiguation Westralia and Westralian ..., eg. Westralia House in Perth, Western Australia Perth and Westralia Airports Corporation ... of Australia state of Australia , occupying the entire western third of the Australia ... Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, ref name SouthernOcean In Australia, the Australia ... east and South Australia to the south east. Western Australia is Australia s largest state and the List ... live in the south west corner of the state. The first European to visit Western Australia was the Dutch ... 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 achieved self government ... more details
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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
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
dates date March 2011 Category Convictism in Australia Category History of Australia 1788 1850 de Str flingskolonie ... 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 The number of convicts pales compared 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 ... articles goldrush ref The last convicts to be transported to Australia arrived in Western Australia in 1868. Reasons for transportation main Penal transportation Poverty , social ... he visited and claimed Australia in the name of the British Empire , he reported his findings ... of Australia. New South Wales main History of New South Wales Image Battle of VinegarHill.jpg thumb ... were investigated and the newly discovered and mapped East Coast of New Holland Australia New Holland ... into Sydney. This date is still celebrated as Australia Day . There was initially a high mortality ... waited on the arrival of the Second Fleet Australia Second Fleet . The second fleet was an unprecedented ... Wales . Western Australia Deleted image removed Image freojail.jpg thumb right A Fremantle prison facility built with convict labour main Convict era of Western Australia Transportation of convicts to Western Australia did not begin until 1850 and lasted until 1868. During that period, exactly 9668 ... is now Western Australia were convicts transported to New South Wales , sent by that colony to King ... of Australia was unclaimed land known as New Holland Australia New Holland . Fears that France would ... four years in November 1830, control of the settlement was transferred to the Swan River Western Australia ... was appointed Governor of Western Australia . He petitioned Britain to send convicts to Western Australia ... offenders in the final years of their terms Most convicts in Western Australia spent very little time ... more details
Settlement Office to attract immigrants 1928 . Immigration to Australia is estimated to have begun ... arriving in Australia and New Guinea about 50,000 years ago, the settlers evolved in relative isolation ... in Australia mandatory detention of unauthorised arrival s boat people by boat has generated great levels of controversy. During 2004 05, 123,424 people immigrated to Australia. Of them, 17,736 were ... Migrationinformation.org date accessdate 2011 07 14 ref 131,000 people migrated to Australia ... 2011 07 14 ref In 2008 09 about 300,000 new migrants were expected to arrive in Australia, the highest ... title Australia Department of Immigration and Citizenship publisher Immi.gov.au date accessdate 2011 07 14 ref for 2009 10. In November 2009, specific skills are still in shortage in Australia, especially in the areas of Health and Social Welfare. History Main Immigration history of AustraliaConvictism in Australia Human migration to the Australian continent was first achieved during the closing ... landmass which then existed. Known as Sahul , this landmass connected Australia with New Guinea via .... Australia s coastline also extended much further out into the Timor Sea than at present, affording ..., a date now celebrated as Australia Day but regarded as Survival Day or Invasion Day by some Aboriginal people and supporters, ref http www.australiaday.gov.au pages page21.asp Australia Day and Reconciliation ... rate soldiers and a crew of sailors were the very first European settlers of Australia. After then, from ... entering Australia. ref name Migration Expert History of Australian Immigration cite web url http ..., it was necessary to obtain leave to migrate to Australia. Since the cost of travelling from Europe ... as the White Australia policy , which was a strengthening and unification of disparate colonial ... from Europe made Australia a more expensive and less attractive destination than Canada and the United ... be controlled by varying the subsidy. Before Federation of Australia federation in 1901 , assisted migrants ... 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
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
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
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
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
Australia Calls may refer to Australia Calls 1913 film Australia Calls 1913 film , a 1913 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford Australia Calls 1923 film Australia Calls 1923 film , a 1923 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford disambiguation ... 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
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 , Australia, and Geography of AustraliaAustralia is... a continent a country a nation state a Commonwealth Realm Location Australia is a region or subregion of The World Australia is a continent on the planet ... more details
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