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Australia women's national basketball team The Australia Women's National Basketball Team named The Opals is the women's National Basketball team for Australia. They won Gold at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006 defeating New Zealand's Tall Ferns in the final match with a score of 77-39.
Australia women's national football (soccer) team The Australia women's football (soccer) team, nicknamed the Matildas (from the song Waltzing Matilda), represents Australia in international women's football (soccer) and is governed by Football Federation Australia (FFA). The team has regularly qualified for both the Women's World Cup and the Olympics although has won neither.
Australia Zoo Australia Zoo is a primarily reptile zoo located in the Australian state of Queensland on the Sunshine Coast near Beerwah/Glass House Mountains. It is owned by Terri Irwin, widow of Steve Irwin, whose wildlife documentary series The Crocodile Hunter made the zoo a popular tourist attraction.
Australia's Big Things The Big Things of Australia are a loosely related set of large structures or sculptures representing much smaller objects which pertain to the area in which they are located. Each one is individual and constructed without reference to any of the others, but together they have certain things in common and are collectively known as Australia's Big Things.
Australia's Brainiest Australia's Brainiest is a television game show series produced in Australia by Crackerjack, a FremantleMedia company; and currently airing on Network Ten. The format was taken from the British series entitled Britain's Brainiest Kid.
Australia's Federation Guard The Federation Guard is a tri-service ceremonial unit made up of members from the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army, and Royal Australian Air Force. Formed in 2000 for Australia's Federation Centenary, it is the first purely ceremonial unit in the history of the Australian armed forces, and has since represented Australia in various roles both at home and around the world, including providing the guard at Buckingham Palace in 2000.
Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos was an Australian television comedy series which gained notoriety when it was cancelled during its only broadcast on September 4, 1992. The series was a spin-off of Australia's Funniest Home Video Show.
Australia's Surfing Life Australia's Surfing Life (ASL) magazine is a monthly magazine about surfing published in Australia. It features articles about surf trips in Australia and overseas, surfing technique, board design, wetsuits, etc.
Australia-Asia debate Australia-Asia debate is a form of academic debate. In the past few years, this style of debating has increased in usage dramatically throughout both Australia and the Asian region, overtaking parliamentary debating in popularity in schools around Australia.
Australia-China Free Trade Agreement The Australia-China Free Trade Agreement is a proposed bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the governments of Australia and China. The first round of negotiations began on May 26, 2005 Australia-China FTA Negotiations, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade after a joint feasibility study.
Australia-Japan relations Australia-Japan relations have elements of tension as well as acknowledged mutuality of interests. Memories of World War II linger among Australians, as does a contemporary fear of Japanese economic domination, although such fears have fallen off in response to Japan's economic stagnation of the 1990s.
Australia-New Zealand Memorial, Canberra The Australia-New Zealand Memorial in Canberra, Australia commemorates the unique Relationship between New Zealand and Australia, and stands at the corner of ANZAC Parade and Constitution Avenue, the former bisecting the Parliamentary Triangle and the latter forming the base of the triangle that represents the form of government in Canberra, the national capital city of Australia.
Australia-New Zealand relations The Relationship between Australia and New Zealand is somewhat similar to that of other small countries with their much larger or more influential neighbour, such as Canada and the United States, or Ireland with Britain. The major difference is, of course, that Australia is neither a superpower, like the United States.
Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement The Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is a preferential trade agreement between Australia and the United States of America modelled on the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The FTA was signed on May 18, 2004, ratified by the U.
Australian 'A' Captured Gun Battery 'A' Captured Gun Battery was formed in France in September 1918 from personnel of V Heavy Trench Mortar Battery. 'A' Battery was one of four captured gun batteries formed by the Australian Corps heavy artillery to operate captured German guns using ammunition from captured stocks.
Australian 12th Battalion The 12th Battalion was raised for the First Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. the battalion was recruited from South Australia , Tasmania and Western Australia and formed part of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division.
Australian 13th Brigade The 13th Brigade is a Army Reserve formation of the Australian Army headquartered at Perth, Western Australia and its various units have depots in Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Albany and Katanning as well as Joondalup and Rockingham in the metro area. The 13th Brigade was first created in early 1916 and has been recreated multiple times since.
Australian 16th Brigade The 16th (Aviation) Brigade currently commands most of the Australian Army's aviation units. The Brigade was first formed in 1939 as an infantry brigade and saw action in Libya, Greece and New Guinea as part of the 6th Division before being disbanded at the end of the Second World War.
Australian 17th Brigade The current Australian 17 Combat Service Support Brigade (or 17 CSS Brigade or simply 17 Brigade) is the home of the Australian Army's deployable logistics elements. 17 Brigade was formely known as the Logistic Support Force (or LSF) prior to May 2006.
Australian 19th Battalion The 19th Battalion was raised in March 1915 in Liverpool, New South Wales as part of the new 5th Brigade, 2nd Division. The majority of the 19th original recruits had already served with the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force.
Australian 1st Armoured Car Squadron The Australian 1st Armoured Car Squadron was an Australian Army unit formed as part of Australia's contribution to the occupation of Japan. Upon its return to Australia in 1948 the Squadron was expanded and re-equipped to form the 1st Armoured Regiment.
Australian 1st Armoured Regiment 1st Armoured Regiment is an armoured regiment of the Australian Army, and is the senior regiment of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. The regiment is also the only one in the Australian Army to be equipped with main battle tanks.
Australian 1st Aviation Regiment The Australian 1st Aviation Regiment is an Australian Army aviation unit and part of the 16th (Aviation) Brigade. The Regiment is currently being re-equipped with the Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter and is in the process of re-locating to newly constructed facilities at Robertson Barracks in Darwin
Australian 1st Battalion The 1st Battalion was raised for the First Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. The 1st Battalion along with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Battalions were completely recruited from New South Wales and formed the 1st Brigade.
Australian 1st Field Artillery Battery 1st Field Artillery Battery was formed in August 1914 in New South Wales from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Royal Australian Field Artillery batteries of the regular army and assigned to 1st Field Artillery Brigade. 1st Battery departed for Egypt on 18 October 1914, the battery saw action in Egypt, Sinai and the Western Front.
Australian 1st Light Car Patrol 1st Light Car Patrol was formed in Melbourne during 1916 and was at first named the 1st Armoured Car Section but was also known as the 1st Armoured Car Battery. Equipped with three armoured cars built at the Vulcan Engineering Works in South Melbourne, a 50 HP Daimler, a 60 HP Mercedes and a 50 HP Minerva.
Australian 20th Battalion The 20th Battalion was raised in March 1915 in Liverpool, New South Wales as part of the new 5th Brigade, 2nd Division. A small number of the 20th original recruits had already served with the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force in New Guinea.
Australian 29th Brigade The Australian 29th Brigade was an Australian Citizen Military Force (CMF) brigade of World War II. The 29th Brigade was raised as part of New Guinea Force and formed part of the Australian 5th Division throughout the war.
Australian 2nd Division (World War I) The Australian 2nd Division was formed from reinforcements training in Egypt on July 10, 1915 as part of the Australian Imperial Force to fight in World War I. It fought at Gallipoli during the latter stages of the campaign and then moved to the Western Front in France where it was the last Australian division to see combat.
Australian 3rd Division (World War I) The Australian 3rd Division was a World War I infantry division formed in Australia in March 1916 and which began to arrive in England in July at which time General John Monash was appointed as the commander. The division underwent training on Salisbury Plain before moving to France at the end of 1916.
Australian 3rd Division (World War II) This article concerns the Australian 3rd Division which has existed as a reserve unit at various times since 1921; for information regarding the World War I unit by the same name, see Australian 3rd Division (World War I).
Australian 4th Armoured Brigade The Australian 4th Armoured Brigade was formed in January 1943 to provide armoured support for Australian Army units operating in the South West Pacific Area. The Brigade was never intended to serve as a single formation, rather its role was to provide a pool of armoured units from which units and sub-units could be provided to augment infantry forces.
Australian 4th Battalion The 4th Battalion was raised for the First Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. Like the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions it was completely recruited from New South Wales and formed the 1st Brigade.
Australian 4th Division (World War I) The Australian 4th Division was formed in the First World War during the expansion of the Australian Imperial Force infantry brigades in February 1916. In addition to the experienced 4th Brigade (previously in the original New Zealand and Australian Division) were added the new 12th and 13th Brigades (spawned from the battalions of the 4th and 3rd Brigades respectively).
Australian 57th Battalion The Australian 57th Battalion was raised as a unit of the First Australian Imperial Force in Egypt on 18 February 1915 through the joining of half of the members of the 5th Battalion with fresh recruits raised in Australia from North East Victoria.
Australian 5th Division (World War I) The Australian 5th Division was formed in February 1916, during the First World War as part of the expansion of the Australian Imperial Force infantry brigades. In addition to the existing 8th Brigade were added the new 14th and 15th Brigades (spawned from the battalions of the 1st and 2nd Brigades respectively).
Australian aboriginal artifacts Australian Aboriginal artefacts consist the boomerangs, spears, dillybags and other things the semi-nomadic Aborigines had to carry around. Many artifacts were devesed to challenge the harsh living conditions in the Australian environment.
Australian administrative law Australian administrative law define the extent of the powers and responsibilities held by administrative agencies of the Australian government. It is a common law system, with a highly significant statutory overlay that has shifted focus to generalist tribunals and codified judicial review.
Australian and International Pilots Association The Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) is a trade union and professional association formed in 1981 to represent Qantas and its related companies pilots and flight engineers. The AIPA is a breakaway union from the Australian Federation of Air Pilots (AFAP).
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (popularly abbreviated as ANZAC) was originally an army corps of Australian and New Zealand troops who fought in World War I at Gallipoli against the Turks. The ANZACs also fought during that war in the Middle East and on the Western Front.
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (army corps) The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps was a First World War army corps of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force that was formed in Egypt in 1915 and operated during the Battle of Gallipoli. The corps was disbanded in 1916 following the evacuation of Gallipoli.
Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) is an organisation that was founded in 1888 to promote science. It as modelled on the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) is responsible for examining and qualifying anaesthetists in Australia and New Zealand. The College maintains standards of practice in anaesthesia.
Australian and New Zealand Cultural Arts Australian and New Zealand Cultural Arts Limited (ANZCA) is a privately funded not-for-profit institution that assesses music in Australia. The organisation was developed to be an alternative to the successful AMEB, allowing contemporary as well as the traditional classical syllabus.
Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society The Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society was founded in 1993 and is a learned society for legal historians. Its membership is based primarily in Australia and New Zealand, and includes professional and academic historians as well as lawyers.
Australian and New Zealand punting glossary The Australian and New Zealand punting glossary explains some of the terms, jargon and slang which are commonly used and heard on Australian and New Zealand racecourses, in TABs, on radio, and in the horse racing media. Some terms are peculiar to Australia, such as references to bookmakers, but most are used in both countries.
Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation The Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation was formed from the February 1 1992 merger of the Overseas Telecommunications Commission into the Australian Telecommunications Corporation. The merged body continued to trade under its former identities of Telecom Australia and OTC.
Australian angelshark The Australian angelshark, Squatina australis, is an angel shark of the family Squatinidae found in the subtropical waters of southern Australia from Western Australia to New South Wales between latitudes 18° S and 41° S, at depths down to 255 m. Its length is up to 1.
Australian anti-terrorism legislation, 2004 During 2004, the Liberal Party–National Party government of Australia introduced three pieces of anti-terrorism legislation into the Australian Parliament. These were the Anti-terrorism bill, 2004, the Anti-terrorism bill (No 2), 2004 and the Anti-terrorism bill (No 3), 2004.
Australian archaeology Australian Archaeology is a large sub-field in the discipline of Archaeology. Archaeology in Australia takes main two forms, Aboriginal Archaeology (the archaeology of Aborigines and Australia before European Settlement) and Historical Archaeology (the archaeology of Australia after European Settlement).
Australian armoured units of World War II Armoured units made a relatively small, but highly important, contribution to Australia’s war effort. While Australia formed no less than three armoured divisions and two independent armoured brigades during the war, Australian armoured units only saw action as independent regiments and companies supporting larger infantry formations.
Australian artist-run initiatives Australia contains many major artist-run initiatives and galleries. A few key ones include First Draft ARI, Loose Projects, MOP Projects (Sydney), KINGS ARI, Clubs Project inc, West Space, Platform Artists Group (Melbourne), Downtown Art Space (Adelaide), and Breadbox ARI (Perth).
Australian Aboriginal avoidance practices Australian Aboriginal avoidance practices refers to those relationships in traditional Aboriginal society where certain people were required to avoid others in their family or clan. These customs are still active in many parts of Australia, to a greater or lesser extent.
Australian Aboriginal cricket team in England in 1868 The 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England was a cricket tour by a team of Australian Aborigines who toured England between May and October that year, becoming the first Australian cricket team to do so. The first tour by a white Australian team in England did not happen until 1880.
Australian Aboriginal culture Aboriginal Australia contains a large number of tribal divisions and language groups, and, corresponding to this, a wide variety of diversity exists within cultural practices. There are some similarities between cultures however.
Australian Aboriginal English Australian Aboriginal English (AAE) is a term referring to the various varieties of the English language used by Indigenous Australians. These varieties, which developed differently in different parts of Australia, differ systematically from Standard Australian English (SAE).
Australian Aboriginal Flag The Australian Aboriginal flag is a flag that was initially used by Indigenous Australians in their struggle for land rights in Australia, but whose use has now expanded as a symbol of the Aboriginal people. The top half of the flag is black and the bottom half is red, with a yellow circle joining the two in the centre.
Australian Aboriginal kinship Australian Aboriginal kinship refers to the system of law governing social interaction, particularly marriage, in traditional Aboriginal culture. It is an integral part of the culture of every Aboriginal group across Australia.
Australian Aboriginal Pidgin English Australian Aboriginal Pidgin English refers to the pidginised varieties of English spoken by Australian Aborigines until about the early 1950s for communication with Europeans and other immigrant ethnic groups, as well as with other Aborigines with whom they did not share a common traditional language.
Australian Aboriginal tribes There are several hundred Indigenous Australian communities in Australia, which are often (but not particularly accurately) referred to as tribes. Many are communities which existed before the British annexation of Australia in 1788.
Australian Academy of Science The Australian Academy of Science (AAS) was founded in 1954 by Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London, the first president was Sir Mark Oliphant. The Academy operates under a Royal Charter and as such is an independent body but has government endorsement.
Australian Academy of the Humanities The Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969 to advance scholarship and public interest in the humanities in Australia. To this end, the Academy: supports excellent humanities research through conferences, awards, and the facilitation of major project initiatives; supports the wide diffusion of humanities research findings through publication subsidies and media promotion; provides expert advice to government, industry, the media, and the community on matters concerning the humanities; builds and maintains collaborations with other bodies concerned with national cultural prosperity; and builds and maintains relations and exchanges with allied international bodies.
Australian Agency for International Development The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) is the Australian organisation responsible for delivering most non-military foreign aid. It is an autonomous federal agency under the portfolio of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Australian Agricultural Company The Australian Agricultural Company (AA Co) is a company which serves to improve beef cattle production through responsible natural resource and land use. Founded in 1824 through an Act of the British Parliament, with the right to select one million acres (4000 km²) in New South Wales for agricultural development, it is one of Australia's oldest still-operating companies.
Australian Airlines Australian Airlines was a full-service airline based in Australia, servicing Australian and Asian destinations between 2001 and 2006. It was an all economy, full service international leisure carrier and was a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas Airways, although run independently of the mainline carrier.
Australian Alps montane grasslands The Australian Alps montane grasslands is a montane grassland ecoregion of Australia, restricted to the montane regions of south-eastern Australia above 1300 metres (the upper altitudinal limit of Eucalyptus pauciflora). This region occupies less than 3 % of the Australian landmass and straddles the borders of the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and New South Wales on the Australian mainland, as well as a significant element in Tasmania.
Australian Alps Walking Track The Australian Alps Walking Track is a long distance walking trail through the alpine areas of Victoria, New South Wales and ACT. It is 655km long, starting at Walhalla, Victoria and going through to Tharwa, ACT near Canberra.
Australian Antarctic Building System Australian Antarctic Building System or AANBUS is a modular construction system used by the Australian Government Antarctic Division for buildings in Antarctica. The individual modules resemble shipping containers.
Australian Antarctic Division The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), now known as the Australian Government Antarctic Division (AGAD) is the Division of the Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage which manages Australia's four Antarctic/sub-Antarctic stations, as well as Heard Island, as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE).
Australian Architecture Association The Australian Architecture Association (AAA) was set up in 2004 as a not for profit organisation to promote the understand of both local and world architecture in Australia. The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) is used as the model for the development of the organisation.
Australian Army Cadets The Australian Army Cadets (AAC) is a youth organisation that is involved with progressive training of youths in military and adventurous activities. The programme has more than 19,000 Army Cadets between the ages of 13 and 20 based in 232 units around Australia.
Australian Army enlisted rank insignia Like the British Army, the Australian Army does not use the term 'enlisted' to describe its non-commissioned ranks. Instead, personnel who are not Commissioned Officers are referred to as Soldiers, Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) and Warrant Officers (WOs).
Australian Army officer rank insignia Australian Army Officers receive a commission that is personally signed by the Governor-General of Australia, acting for the Queen. Rank insignia for commissioned officers is identical to that of the British Army, with the addition of a band containing the word "Australia" beneath the insignia.
Australian Army Reserve Army Reserve — which is sometimes abbreviated to ARes — is a collective name for the reserve units of the Australian Army. Following the formation of the army in 1901, its reserve component has had various names, including the Citizens Military Force (CMF), Militia, Citizens Forces and, unofficially, the "Australian Militia Forces".
Australian Army Training Team Vietnam The Australian Army Training Team Vietnam was a specialist unit of the Australian Army that operated during the Vietnam War. The unit was raised in 1962 and consisted of approximately 30 officers and warrant officers.
Australian barracuda The Australian barracuda, arrow barracuda, Australian sea pike, sea pike, snook, or shortfin barracuda, Sphyraena novaehollandiae, is a barracuda of the genus Sphyraena, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the east Indian Ocean, around Australia and New Guinea, and between North Cape and East Cape on the North Island of New Zealand, in semi-protected areas. Its length is up to 1 m.
Australian bass The Australian bass (Macquaria novemaculeata) is an Australian native fish species of the Percichthyidae family and Macquaria genus that occurs in coastal rivers and streams along the east coast of Australia. Their range extends from east of Wilson's Promontory in Victoria east and north along the eastern seaboard to the rivers and creeks of the Bundaberg region in central Queensland.
Australian bat lyssavirus Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) is a zoonotic virus closely related to rabies virus. It was identified in May 1996 in a black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) caught in Queensland, Australia during a national surveillance program for the recently identified Hendra virus.
Australian beer Australian beer is mostly now lager. Although Australia was settled predominantly by the British, it is too hot for ale brewing, and before refrigeration beer was difficult to brew at all (and obviously impossible to serve cold).
Australian blackspotted catshark The Australian blackspotted catshark, Aulohalaelurus labiosus, is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes, endemic to Western Australia in the eastern Indian Ocean between latitudes 28° S and 36° S. Its length is up to 67 cm.
Australian blacktip shark The Australian blacktip shark, Carcharhinus tilstoni, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the Indo-West Pacific oceans between latitudes 10° N and 28° S, from the surface to 150 m. Its length is up to about 2 m.
Australian bonito The Australian bonito, horse mackerel or little bonito, Sarda australis, a fish of the family Scombridae, is found around eastern Australia and New Zealand in depths to about 30 m, in open water. Its length is up to 1.
Australian bull ray The Australian bull ray (Myliobatis australis) or southern eagle ray is a large eagle ray of temperate waters of Australia. It is possible that it is the same species as the New Zealand eagle ray (Myliobatis tenuicaudatus).
Australian Baseball Federation The Australian Baseball Federation is the national governing body of baseball in Australia. Baseball is played in all the mainland states and territories, but it struggles for popularity due to the popularity of many other sports, including the comparable sport of cricket, in which Australia has always been one of the leading nations.
Australian Bird Count The Australian Bird Count (ABC) was a project of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU). Following the first and successful Atlas of Australian Birds project, which led to the publication of a book on the distribution of Australian birds in 1984, it was suggested by Ken Rogers that the RAOU should next look at bird migration and other movements in Australia.
Australian Blind Sports Federation The Australian Blind Sports Federation (ABSF) was formed in 1979 as the national body to co-ordinate sport for the blind and vision impaired in Australia. It encourages and provides access to international competition in world blind and multi-disabled championships for sports recognised by the International Blind Sports Association (IBSA) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Australian Bookseller & Publisher Bookseller and Publisher magazine (formerly Australian Bookseller & Publisher) is the journal of the Australian book industry and is one of Australia's oldest surviving magazines. It was founded in 1921 by Daniel Wrixon Thorpe as the Australian Stationery and Fancy Goods Journal, at a time when there were few Australian retailers solely focused on the sale of books.
Australian Botanical Liaison Officer Australian Botanical Liaison Officer is a secondment position, held for up to twelve months by an Australian botanist (or expert in Australian botany) at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London, England in the United Kingdom. The position was created in 1937, and the first ABLO was Charles Gardner.
Australian Breastfeeding Association The Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) is Australia's leading source of breastfeeding information and support. It is a non-profit organisation founded in 1964 as the Nursing Mothers' Association to give support and information to women who wish to breastfeed their babies.
Australian Broadcasting Control Board The Australian Broadcasting Control Board was an Australian government agency whose main roles were to regulate broadcasting, radiocommunications and telecommunications. It also had a role of handing out licenses, however Postmaster did the engineering.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC (formerly the Australian Broadcasting Commission) is Australia's national non-profit public broadcaster. The ABC provides television, radio and online services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, and overseas via its Asia-Pacific Television service and Radio Australia.
Australian Brush-turkey The Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami, also frequently called the Scrub Turkey, is a common, widespread species of mound-building bird from the family Megapodiidae found in eastern Australia from Far North Queensland to Illawarra in New South Wales. It is the largest of the three Megapodiidae that occur in Australia.
Australian Bulldog The Australian Bulldog, originally known as the Aussie Bulldog, is a developing dog breed from Australia. Selective breeding was begun in the 1990s by breeders who wished to create a dog with the look of a British Bulldog without that breed's inherent health problems.
Australian Business Number An Australian Business Number, or ABN, is an 11 digit unique identifier issued by the Australian Taxation Office that is used by business entities when dealing with the Australian government. It was introduced as part of the New Tax System brought in by John Howard's Liberal government on 1 July 2000 as part of the Goods and Services Tax.
Australian Bustard The Australian Bustard, Ardeotis australis, is a large ground bird of grassland, woodland and open agricultural country across northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It is also commonly referred to in Central Australia as the Bush Turkey, particularly by Aboriginal people.
Australian club championship rugby union A challenge match between the Brisbane and Sydney club premiers was played in a regular basis from 1982 to 1992 (inclusive) and on an ad-hoc basis in various other years. The fixture was abandoned in the mid 1990s when the NSWRU insisted on playing each match at Concord Oval in Sydney, rather than on a rotating basis.
Australian commerce clause Similar to the American Commerce clause under Sec 8(1),Art I, the Australian constitution discusses the commerce caluse in two separate chapters: (1) In sec 51(1) the commonwealth has power to make laws on trade and commerce with the foreign nations and with the states; and (2) The commerce clause is again discussed under the finace chapter. Sec.
Australian constitutional crisis of 1975 The Australian constitutional crisis of 1975 refers to the events that culminated with the removal by Governor-General Sir John Kerr of Australia's then-Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam and appointing Leader of the Opposition Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister. It has been described as the greatest political and constitutional crisis in Australia's history.
Australian constitutional law Australian constitutional law is the area of the law of Australia relating to the interpretation and application of the Constitution of Australia. Several major doctrines of Australian constitutional law have developed.
Australian contemporary art The Australian contemporary art scene is based around a few key exhibition contexts. These are large state and university galleries in each state capital, the smaller contemporary art galleries (known as CAOs spaces, or Contemporary Art Organisations - also found in each state capital), private or commercial galleries, and Artist Run Initiatives (ARIs).

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