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France 4-42 Australia...Saturday, 7 November 2009 Tries: Jennings (3), Lewis, B Morris (2), J Morris (2) Jennings marked his Australia debut with a hat-trick of tries Australia took their time before cruising to victory over France to seal their place in the... In this article: Brett Morris, Australia, Luke Lewis, Darren Lockyer, France, Josh Morris, and Kurt Gidley |
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BBC News | 13 hours ago
Live text - England v Australia
...606 or text us your views & comments on 81111. (Not all contributions can be used) By Rob Hodgetts 1405: Let's focus on England v Australia then. Fortress Twickenham is long gone and the Aussies won 28-14 here last year and triumphed in...
In this article: England, Jonny Wilkinson, Wales, BBC Two, BBC Three, World Cup, and All Blacks
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 1 day ago
A statement Australians need to make
...or others in the royal family. Whether Charles is an able head of state - as he may well be - is a matter for Britain, not Australia. For Australians, the question is - as it has always been - should an Australian be Australia's head of state?
In this article: Malcolm Turnbull, Republicanism, Carbon, Commonwealth, and Karl Lagerfeld
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Australia raises growth forecasts
...and Asian demand," said Su-Lin Ong, senior economist at RBC Capital Markets. "It's big picture positive for Australia and the Australian dollar, and means rates are going nowhere but up." The Australian dollar has been gaining...
In this article: Coal, Reserve Bank of Australia, Recession, Climate change, Bank of England, RBC Capital Markets, India, and China
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 1 day ago
Australia, Sri Lanka to discuss refugees
...Kevin Rudd's special envoy John McCarthy are due to hold the talks on how to stem the flow of Sri Lankan boat people heading to Australia, the foreign ministry official said. "We will talk about the illegal migration, especially of Sri...
In this article: Sri Lanka, Colombo, Stephen Smith, Kevin Rudd, Afghanistan, and Iraq
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Australia dropped in travel rankings
A revitalised United States due to the election of President Barack Obama has dropped Australia from top spot on a survey of international travellers. Australia topped the FutureBrand country brand index for the previous three years but...
In this article: Barack Obama, United States, Respondent, Weber Shandwick, Baz Luhrmann, and Queensland
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AP Online | 2 days ago
Alinghi offers Australia as America's Cup venue
...in San Diego when they made their challenge to SNG's choice of RAK and their boat is still in San Diego. By contrast, SNG's boat is in RAK. It takes a lot longer to get from RAK to Australia than it does to get from San Diego to Australia."
In this article: America's Cup, BMW Oracle Racing, San Diego, Valencia, New York, and Larry Ellison
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Australia pick new centre pairing
Page last updated at 13:48 GMT, Thursday, 5 November 2009 Cooper scored a superb individual try against Gloucester on Tuesday Australia will field an all-new centre pairing against England on Saturday in the first autumn Test at...
In this article: Adam Ashley-Cooper, Quade Cooper, Drew Mitchell, Digby Ioane, and Stirling Mortlock
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
Australia launches probe into massive oil spill
SYDNEY -- Australia launched an investigation Thursday into an oil rig leak that dumped thousands of barrels of fuel into the Timor Sea over more than two months before being plugged this week. The government probe will focus on the cause...
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Australia and NZ expel Fijians
Commodore Frank Bainimarama took power in a 2006 coup Australia and New Zealand have expelled Fiji's top envoys. The two countries announced the expulsions a day after Fiji said it would expel their senior diplomats. Fiji's military...
In this article: Fiji, New Zealand, Murray McCully, Pacific, Kevin Rudd, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands Forum
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Australia lifts interest rate to 3.5 percent
SYDNEY -- Australia's central bank raised its key interest rate Tuesday by a quarter percentage point for the second month in a row, declaring the global downturn over and warning that inflation was set to rise. The decision to hike rates...
In this article: Glenn Stevens, Inflation, Reserve Bank of Australia, China, and Sydney
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Australia (pronounced: /əˈstreɪljə, ɒˈstreɪljə/, or formally IPA: /ɔːˈstreɪliə|/), officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland (the world's smallest), the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to the southeast.
For some 40,000 years before European settlement commenced in the late 18th century, the Australian mainland and Tasmania were inhabited by around 250 individual nations of indigenous Australians. After sporadic visits by fishermen from the immediate north, and European discovery by Dutch explorers in 1606, the eastern half of Australia was claimed by the British in 1770 and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales, founded on 26 January 1788. The population grew steadily in the following years; the continent was explored, and during the 19th century another five largely self-governing Crown Colonies were established.
- Name:
- Australia
- Conventional Long Name:
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Capital:
- Canberra
- Language:
- None
- English (de facto)
- Largest City:
- Sydney
- Government type:
- Federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy, see Government of Australia
- Founding Date:
- March 03, 1986
- Formations:
- Statute of Westminster Adoption Act
- Area:
- 7686850
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- US$795.305 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 15th
- GDP (nominal):
- US$1,010 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 13th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 15th
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- US$47,400
- Time Zone:
- various
- Currency:
- Australian dollar
- Demonym:
- Australian
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- AUD
- Country Calling Code:
- 61
- ccTLD:
- .au
- Anthem:
- Advance Australia Fair
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