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Austin Maestro The Austin Maestro is a mid-sized 5-door hatchback car that was produced by the Austin Rover subsidiary of British Leyland (BL), and its successors, from 1983 until 1994. There was also a van derivative produced.
Austin Marathon The Austin Marathon is an annual marathon held in Austin, Texas. As of 2006, the event has spun-off from Motorola's semiconductor products sector, now Freescale Semiconductor, which founded the marathon in 1992 and served as title sponsor for fifteen years.
Austin McCann Henry Austin McCann (born January 21, 1980 in Clydebank) is a Scottish footballer, currently playing for Notts County in League Two. Primarily considered a left fullback, he has on occasion played as a wingback or even in left midfield.
Austin Montego The Austin Montego is a British mid-size saloon car that was produced by the Austin Rover subsidiary of British Leyland (BL), and its successors, from 1984 until 1994. The car was the replacement for the much maligned Morris Ital, to give British Leyland a modern competitor for the Ford Sierra and Vauxhall Cavalier.
Austin Motor Company The Austin Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles that rose to be a major motorcar brand, the dominant partner after merger with Morris in 1952 but declining after absorption into the British Leyland Motor Corporation, and its subsequent troubles.
Austin Museum of Digital Art The Austin Museum of Digital Art (AMODA), located in Austin, Texas, is the first museum dedicated exclusively to the display of digital art. AMODA was founded in 1997 by Harold Chaput, Samantha Krukowski and Chris Rankin in response to the abundance of digital art in the local scene and the absence of venues for such art.
Austin Music Foundation The Austin Music Foundation (AMF) is a nonprofit organization with a singular mission: to unite, ignite, and revolutionize Austin's local music community. Launched in March 2002, AMF has grown to over 3,500 members.
Austin O'Brien Austin O'Brien (born May 11, 1981 in Eugene, Oregon) is an American actor. To date, his most famous role is arguably as the comic sidekick co-lead 'Danny Madigan' from the Arnold Schwarzenegger-movie Last Action Hero, followed by his turn into romance as 'Nick Zsigmond' in My Girl 2, and a minor part in both The Lawnmower Man and its sequel.
Austin Peay State University Austin Peay State University is an accredited public university located in Clarksville, Tennessee, and operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents. It began when the former Southwestern Presbyterian College moved to Memphis in 1925 (where it is now known as Rhodes College), leaving its former campus in Clarksville unoccupied.
Austin Powers series Austin Powers is the name of a comedy film series from New Line Cinema released from 1997 to 2002 that star Mike Myers as the title character. The series spoofs primarily the James Bond, Derek Flint, Harry Palmer, and Matt Helm franchises, and incorporates myriads of other elements of popular culture.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, directed by Jay Roach and released in 1997, is the first film of the Austin Powers series starring Mike Myers in the title role. Myers also features in the role of Dr.
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is the second film in the Austin Powers series begun with Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued in Austin Powers in Goldmember. Released in 1999, the film was written by Mike Myers and screenwriter Michael McCullers and stars Myers as the title character.
Austin Road Austin Road (柯士甸道) is a road in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It starts at Canton Road in the west, crosses Nathan Road at roughly its halfway point, and ends at Chatham Road South in the east, dividing Tsim Sha Tsui and Yau Ma Tei.
Austin Rover Group The Austin Rover Group (ARG) was formed in 1981 as the mass-market car manufacturing subsidiary of British Leyland (BL). ARG was the end result of a comprehensive restructuring programme intended to rescue BL from almost-certain oblivion, and with the MG, Triumph, Morris, Riley and Wolseley marques now effectively dead, the new, leaner car business was rechristened as the Austin Rover Group.
Austin State Hospital Austin State Hospital, formerly known as the State Lunatic Asylum, is the oldest psychiatric hospital in the state of Texas. Established by the Legislature in 1856, it commenced operations in 1861 with twelve patients.
Austin Stevens Austin James Stevens (born 19 May 1950) is a South African-born herpetologist and wildlife photographer best known for hosting a series of snake documentaries known as Austin Stevens: Snakemaster on Animal Planet.
Austin Stevens: Snakemaster Austin Stevens: Snakemaster also known as Austin Stevens: Most Dangerous and Austin Stevens Adventures (five version) in some countries is a regular airing nature series hosted by Austin Stevens that is broadcasted on Animal Planet and five.
Austin Sunday Austin Sunday is the 48th release overall and fourth live album by avant-folk/blues singer/songwriter Jandek. It is his sixth release of the year (fifth if the DVD version of Glasgow Sunday is not counted) and documents Jandek's first ever American live performance, which took place in Austin, Texas on August 28, 2005.
Austin Tate Professor Austin Tate is Director of AIAI (Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute) in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. He holds the Chair in Knowledge-Based Systems at the University of Edinburgh.
Austin Westminster The Westminster series were large saloon and estate cars sold by the British Austin Motor Company from 1954, replacing the A70 Hereford. The Westminster line was produced as the A90, A95, A99, A105, and A110 until 1968 when the new Austin 3-Litre took its place.
Austin-Healey 3000 The Austin Healey 3000 was a sports car built from 1959 to 1967, by the Austin-Healey marque, and is the best known of the 'big' Healey models. The 3000 was a successful car which won its class in many European rallies in its heyday - and is still used in competition by enthusiasts today.
Austin, Chicago Austin, located on the Far West Side of Chicago, Illinois, is the largest (by population) of the city's 77 officially defined community areas (neighborhoods), followed by Lakeview. Its eastern boundary is Cicero Avenue.
Austin, Manitoba Austin is a town in western Manitoba on the Trans-Canada Highway about 110 km (85 miles) west of Winnipeg. It sits at the western edge of the table-flat Portage Plains, but to the south and west is surrounded by miles of low wooded hills known as the Carberry sandhills.
Austin, Oregon Austin is an unincorporated community, considered a ghost town, in Grant County, Oregon, United States. It is located on Oregon Route 7, near the middle fork of the John Day River in the Malheur National Forest.
Austlink Business Park Austlink Business Park, sometimes known as Austlink Corporate Park, is a business district in the suburb of Belrose in Sydney, Australia. It is located south of Mona Vale Road and west of Forest Way in the vicinity of Garigal National Park.
AustNet AustNet or austnet is an IRC network which aims to provide a friendly and secure alternative to other IRC networks such as DALnet and EFNet. Launched in September 1996 by Ryan Mills and Roger Yerramsetti, it was initially intended to provide an independent Australian IRC network.
Austral Island Austral Island () is a small Antarctic island in the extreme southern lobe of Penney Bay, in the Windmill Islands. The island appears in air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), but was not charted on subsequent maps.
Austral Wheel Race The Austral Wheel Race is the oldest track bicycle race in the world still occurring, with a history stretching back to 1887. The Austral race is widely regarded as Australia’s greatest track cycling event and is colloquially called the Melbourne Cup on Wheels and held in Melbourne, Australia.
Austral-Asian Christian Church The Austral-Asian Christian Church is a non-denominational Protestant South Australian church. Started in 1970, it commenced by a group of people who migrated from Malaysia and Singapore, and was directed by Amy Cheng and Peter Cheng, who are now elders at the Church.
Australasia at the 1908 Summer Olympics Australasia was the name of a combined team from Australia and New Zealand that competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the fourth appearance of Australia, which had not not missed any edition of the Summer Olympic Games, and the first appearance of New Zealand.
Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics Australasia was the name of a combined team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, consisting of 26 athletes from Australia and New Zealand. The combined team had also competed at the 1908 Games, but Australia and New Zealand would send separate teams to the next Games in 1920.
Australasia at the Summer Olympics Australasia was the name of a combined team of athletes from Australia and New Zealand that competed together at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. When the Olympic Games resumed in 1920 after World War I, the two nations would send separate teams to the Games.
Australasia ecozone The Australasian ecozone is an ecological region that is coincident, but not synonymous (by some definitions), with the geographic region of Australasia. The ecozone includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (including Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian province of Papua), and the eastern part of the Indonesian archipelago, including the island of Sulawesi, the Moluccan islands (the Indonesian provinces of Maluku and North Maluku) and islands of Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, and Timor, often known as the Lesser Sundas.
Australasian Anti-Transportation League Flag The Australian Anti-Transportation League Flag is a flag used historically by members of the Anti-Transportation League who opposed penal transportation to the British colonies which are now a part of Australia. It is particularly significant as it is the oldest known flag to feature a representation of the Southern Cross with the stars arranged as they are seen in the sky.
Australasian Bittern The Australasian Bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus, also known as the Brown Bittern, is found in south-western and south-eastern Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Ouvea. Populations in Australia and New Zealand have declined in the 20th Century.
Australasian Correctional Management Australasian Correctional Management (ACM) was a private company owned by Wackenhut, a subsidiary of multinational security giant Group 4 Securicor. From 1998 until 2003 ACM was responsible for running at least six refugee detention centres in Australia.
Australasian Experimental Psychology Society The Australasian Experimental Psychology Society was incorporated in Western Australia in 1997 as a learned society for experimental psychologists. Its membership is based primarily in Australia and New Zealand.
Australasian flying fish The Australasian flying fish, Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus, is a subspecies of flyingfish of the family Exocoetidae, found off New South Wales of Australia, and around New Zealand, in surface waters. Its length is up to 45 cm.
Australasian funnel-web spider Australasian funnel-web spiders are venomous spiders of the family Hexathelidae. These spiders are found in two genera of the family: Hadronyche (which is not associated with any known human fatalities) and Atrax (which is known to have killed 13 people).
Australasian Grebe The Australasian Grebe, Tachybaptus novaehollandiae is a tiny waterbird common on fresh water lakes and rivers in greater Australia, New Zealand and on nearby Pacific islands. At 25-27 cm in length, it is one of the smallest members of the grebe family (see also Little, Least Grebe).
Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System AIIMS is the nationally recognised incident and emergency management framework used in Australia. Based on the principles and structure of Incident Command System (ICS), AIIMS was initially introduced and used by the Australian fire authorities in the mid 1980's but has since been adopted by the various State Emergency Services and a number of other public safety organisations.
Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships The Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships (known colloquially as Australs) is one of the world's largest debating tournaments, second only in size to the World Universities Debating Championship, and one of the largest annual student events in the world. Australs follows the Australia-Asia three-speakers-plus-replies format, rather than the British Parliamentary Style of 'Worlds'.
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology The Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET) is a peer-reviewed journal for research and review articles in educational technology, instructional design, educational applications of computer technologies, educational telecommunications and related areas.
Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union The Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union, better known as the Meatworkers Union, is an Australian trade union, registered with the AIRC and affiliated to the Australian Council of Trade Unions. The AMIEU was formed in 1906 as the Federated Butchers Union, and changed its name to the AMIEU in 1912.
Australasian Oaks The Australasian Oaks is a Group 1 Australian thoroughbred horse race for 3 year old fillies at set weights run over a distance of 2000 metres at Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide in May. 2006 Prizemoney is AUD$250,000
Australasian Ornithological Conference Australasian Ornithological Conferences are biennial meetings of ornithologists that focus on the Australasian region and Antarctica. They were initiated by the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), also known as Birds Australia, with the inaugural meeting held at Bathurst, New South Wales in 2001.
Australasian Pacers Grand Circuit The Australian Grand Circuit for Pacers began in 1977 and was designed to be the showpiece of the Australian Harness Racing Industry with horses competing from every state within Australia. In 1992 New Zealand was admitted and the Circuit was renamed the Australasian Grand Circuit.
Australasian Performing Right Association The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) is a copyright collecting society representing New Zealand and Australian composers, lyricists and music publishers. Its head office is in Sydney, with other offices in Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
Australasian Pig-nose Turtle The Australasian Pig-nose Turtle, Carettochelys insculpta also known as the Pitted-shelled Turtle, Plateless Turtle or Fly River Turtle is a species of soft-shelled turtle native to freshwater streams, lagoons and rivers of the Northern Territory of Australia and of southern New Guinea. It is the only species in the genus Carettochelys, and the family Carettochelyidae.
Australasian Police Multicultural Advisory Bureau Australasian Police Multicultural Advisory Bureau (formerly the National Police Ethnic Advisory Bureau) is an agency of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs of the Government of Australia. It was established under the auspices of the Conference of Commissioners of Police, Australasia and the South West Pacific Region.
Australasian Post Australiasian Post, or "Aussie Post," was Australia's longest-running weekly picture magazine. Begun in 1864 as a weekly newspaper "The Australasian," it was read by millions at the height of its popularity in the 60s and 70s, and features a uniquely Australian mix of scandal, sensationalism, human interest stories, fashion, politics, culture and entertainment.
Australasian Raptor Association The Australasian Raptor Association was founded in 1978 as a special interest group of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, also known as Birds Australia. It promotes the study and conservation of the diurnal and nocturnal raptors, or birds of prey, of Australasia and South-east Asia.
Australasian snapper The Australasian snapper or squirefish, Chrysophrys auratus, the only member of the genus Chrysophrys, is a species of porgie found in coastal waters of New Zealand and southern Australia. Although it is almost universally known in these countries as snapper it does not belong to the Lutjanidae family.
Australasian strewnfield The Australasian strewnfield, covering at least one-tenth of the Earth's surface, is the largest and the youngest of the tektite strewnfields. The 800,000 year-old strewnfield includes most of Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Thailand, Southern China, Laos and Cambodia).
Australasian Schools Writing Competition The Australasian Schools Writing Competition is a competition open to school students in years 3-12 in Australia and New Zealand. It requires participants to write in a specific genre, which changes every year, based on supplied stimulus material.
Australasian treecreeper There are 7 species of Australasian treecreeper in the passerine bird family Climacteridae. They are medium-small, mostly brown-coloured birds with patterning on their underparts and all are endemic to Australia-New Guinea.
Australasian Union of Jewish Students The Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) is a federation of Jewish student societies at Australian and New Zealand universities and other higher education institutions. It was founded in 1948 at the University of Sydney and is affiliated with the World Union of Jewish Students.
Australasian Wader Studies Group The Australasian Wader Studies Group (AWSG), established in 1981, is a special interest group of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, also known as Birds Australia. It publishes a journal, The Stilt, usually twice a year, with occasional extra issues.
Australasian Yellow Oriole The Yellow Oriole or Green Oriole, (Oriolus flavocinctus) is an inconspicuous inhabitant of lush tropical vegetation throughout New Guinea and northern Australia, including Cape York Peninsula, the Top End and the Kimberley.
AustralAsia Rail Corporation The AustralAsia Railway Corporation was established in 1997 by the Government of the Northern Territory to build the Darwin - Alice Springs railway. 50% of its board positions and voting right are assigned to the South Australian Government.
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent and a number of islands in the Southern, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the French dependency of New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast.
Australia (2008 film) Australia is an upcoming film slated to be directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. The AUD$130 million feature, financed by 20th Century Fox, will tell the story of an English aristocrat, played by Kidman, who settles on an Outback station in the 1930s and becomes romantically involved with an Outback drover, played by Jackman.
Australia (continent) In geology, Australia (also called Australia-New Guinea, Sahul, Meganesia, Greater Australia or Australinea) is a continent comprising (in order of size) the Australian mainland, New Guinea, Tasmania, and intervening islands, all of which sit on the same continental shelf. These landmasses are separated by seas overlying the continental shelf — the Arafura Sea and Torres Strait between Australia and New Guinea, and Bass Strait between mainland Australia and Tasmania.
Australia (song) "Australia" was released by Manic Street Preachers on December 2, 1996, and was the fourth single release from the Everything Must Go album of May that same year. The sentiment of the song is that Australia is just about the furthest one can go to get away from their home in Wales and is a metaphor for Nicky Wire's desire to escape from the emotional turmoil caused by the disappearance of his close friend and co-lyricist, Richey James Edwards.
Australia and New Zealand School of Government The Australia and New Zealand School of Government is a postgraduate school set up by the national governments of Australia and New Zealand and the Australian State Governments of New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria. It provides executive level courses in the public sector and government-related sectors.
Australia and weapons of mass destruction Australia is not currently known or believed to possess weapons of mass destruction, although it has participated in extensive research into nuclear, biological and chemical weapons in the past. Australia currently chairs the Australia Group, an informal grouping of countries that seek to minimise the risk of assisting chemical and biological weapon proliferation.
Australia at the 1896 Summer Olympics One athlete from Victoria, a British colony which later formed part of Australia, competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Teddy Flack was born in England and was resident in London in 1896, but spent most of his life in Australia and so is considered an Australian athlete by the International Olympic Committee.
Australia at the 1928 Summer Olympics Australia competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Due to economic difficulties, Australia could only afford to send ten athletes to the Games, as the estimated cost of funding was A$720 per athlete.
Australia at the 1952 Winter Olympics Australia's second Winter Olympic Games appearance was at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. It was 16 years since Australia's last Winter Games, as the 1940 and 1944 Winter Olympics were cancelled, and Australia did not compete in the 1948 Winter Olympics.
Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics Australia was the host nation for the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Australian riders also competed in the equestrian events held in Stockholm, Sweden earlier that year, because of Australian quarantine restrictions.
Australia at the 1956 Winter Olympics Australia competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the third time at the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Australia sent 10 athletes (8 men, 2 women) that competed in alpine skiing, figure skating and speed skating.
Australia at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Australia hosted the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia and their team was abbreviated AUS. This was their seventh of 7 Commonwealth Games having participated in all Games meets up to these Games.
Australia at the 1980 Summer Olympics Australia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Although Australia did not officially participate in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, athletes were encouraged to boycott by the government, and Australia competed under the Olympic Flag.
Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games will be represented by Australian Commonwealth Games Association the (ACGA), and abbreviated AUS. Athletes from Australia were given automatic qualification in all sports due to the host status.
Australia at the Winter Paralympics Australia has competed in every Winter Paralympics, which began in 1976. Australia first won Winter Paralympic medals in 1992, when it won 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze, and has won medals at every Winter Paralympics since.
Australia A cricket team The Australia A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Australia, and is the "second tier" of international Australian cricket below the full Australian cricket team. The strength of Australian cricket has meant that the A team has played against full Test sides more often than their equivalent A teams from other nations (as of 2005).
Australia Asia Airlines Australia Asia Airlines was a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas set up to operate services between Australia and Republic of China (Taiwan) in 1990. Qantas was not able to fly to Taiwan in its own right due to the People's Republic of China objecting to a state-owned airline of a country that recognizes it to fly, in its own name, to a rival regime that it regards as a breakaway province.
Australia Council The Australia Council, formally the Australia Council for the Arts, is the official arts council of the Government of Australia funded through the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.
Australia Fair Bus Station, Queensland The Australia Fair Bus Station, at Southport, is serviced by TransLink bus routes. It is adjacent to the Australia Fair Shopping Centre and Southport Central and is located on either side of Scarborough Street.
Australia Fair Shopping Centre Located in Southport, Australia Fair Shopping Centre is the major shopping centre in the administrative centre of the Gold Coast. Australia Fair is the only undercover and fully air conditioned major shopping centre on the Gold Coast.
Australia First Movement Australia First Movement was a proto-fascist movement which grew out of the Rational Association and the Victorian Socialist Party. Former communist Adela Pankhurst Walsh of the famous suffragette family was involved in it, along with W.
Australia Group Australia Group is an informal group of countries established in 1985 (after the use of chemical weapons by Iraq in 1984) to help reduce the spread of chemical and biological weapons by monitoring and controlling the spread of technologies required to produce them. The group, initially consisting of 15 countries, has increased to 40, including the European Commission and all 27 EU member states, all OECD members except Mexico, and Argentina.
Australia Highlanders Pipe Band The Australia Highlanders Pipe Band is a grade one pipe band, based in Nunawading, Victoria, Australia. The band has been successful in the Australian competition for numerous years, and was placed 11th in the final tables of the World Pipe Band Championships in 2006.
Australia House Australia House is the headquarters of the Australian High Commission to the United Kingdom. A major landmark on Strand, London, construction on the building by the Dove Brothers commenced in 1913, but was delayed by the Great War.
Australia in South Africa, 5th ODI, 2006 The 5th One-day International cricket match between South Africa and Australia, played on March 12, 2006 at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, has been acclaimed by many media commentators (see below) as being one of the greatest ODI matches ever played. The match broke many records, including both the first and the second team innings of over 400 runs.
Australia in the International Song Contest Australia first joined the ISC in the third edition held in Stockholm, Sweden and have participated since, having missed only four finals due to relegation. Their best entrant is Natalie Imbruglia who has participated two times with her worldwide superhits "Torn" (ISC 3) and "Shiver" (ISC 6) reaching the 4th and 5th place respectively.
Australia Live Australia Live was a four hour telecast, broadcast live on Channel Nine, on January 1 1988 to open Australia's Bicentennial celebrations. The telecast crossed live to locations right across the country to represent a 'typical' day in the life of the Australian people.
Australia Mars Analog Research Station The Australia Mars Analog Research Station (MARS-Oz) is a project being planned by the Mars Society to conduct geological exploration under constraints similar to those found on Mars, to develop field tactics based on those explorations, to test habitat design features and tools, and to assess crew selection protocols. The Mars Society of Australia is seeking sponsors to construct MARS-Oz in the Lake Frome Plains east of Arkaroola, and a primary focus of this MARS will be the search for ancient fossils.
Australia national basketball team The Australian National Basketball Team named the Boomers is the men's basketball side that represents Australia in international competitions, including the FIBA Oceania Championship, the FIBA World Championship, the Commonwealth Games, and the Games of the Olympiad. Selected by Basketball Australia, the team usually comprises the best players from the National Basketball League and some Australians playing collegiate or professional basketball in the United States.
Australia national netball team The Australian Netball Team has traditionally been regarded as the most successful in international netball, having won eight of the eleven Netball World Championships, and currently are ranked second in the world.
Australia national under-21 rugby union team The Australian national under-21 rugby union team represents Australia on a national level at rugby union at an under-21 year old age. The team has competed at the Under 21 Rugby World Championship, and has featured in three championship finals, though they have never won the event, losing to South Africa in 2002, New Zealand in 2003 and South Africa again in 2005.
Australia Network Australia Network (formerly ABC Asia Pacific TV, and Australia Television) is an Australian free-to-air international satellite television service operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Aimed at the Asia-Pacific and now India regions, the service broadcasts a mixture of programming, with a focus on English learning programs.
Australia New Zealand Therapeutic Products Authority The Australia New Zealand Therapeutic Products Authority (ANZTPA) is a proposed authority which if adopted in both Australia and New Zealand will be the sole authority which regulates theraputic goods in both countries. The authority will replace the Therapeutic Goods Administration in Australia and Medsafe in New Zealand.
Australia Square Australia Square is an office and retail complex in the central business district of Sydney, Australia. Located at 151°12'30"E 33°52'S, its address is 264 George Street and the Square is bounded on the northern side by Bond Street, eastern side by Pitt Street and southern side by Curtin Place.
Australia Stakes The Australia Stakes, formerly William Reid Stakes, is a Group 1 Australian thoroughbred horse race at Weight for Age, run over a distance of 1200 metres at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne in February. Prizemoney in 2006 is $AUD400,000.
Australia Standard Pallets Australia Standard Pallets are square hardwood pallets which are standard in Australia and non-standard anywhere else in the world. They are 1165mm by 1165 mm in size and fit perfectly in the RACE (container) of the Australian railways.
Australia Station The Australia Station was the British and later Australian naval command responsible for the waters around the Australian continent and British and Australian colonial-possessions in the South Pacific. The station was first created in 1859 and originally covered about 1/6th of the Earths surface.
Australia Telescope National Facility The Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) is a division of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) of Australia, and is a government-operated research facility dedicated to radio astronomy.
Australia Tour EP 2002 Australia Tour EP 2002 is an EP released by The Pernice Brothers, consisting of reworked, "stripped-down" versions of songs from the band's first two albums (Overcome by Happiness] and [[The World Won't Listen). The songs were recorded during an Australian tour in January of 2002.
Australia Under-19 cricket team in India in 2005-06 The Australia Under-19 cricket team are touring India for five youth One-Day Internationals against the home nation's under-19 side. Australia's team are made up of people entirely without first class experience, while several Indian players are already breaking through into domestic cricket.

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