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Shooting of Tom Cruise film resumed after bull scareSydney - New Moon, the second film in the Twilight vampire series, has eclipsed Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by taking a record 16 million Australian dollars (14.7 million US dollars) on its opening weekend in Australia. This... In this article: Tom Cruise, Cadiz, Winnie Mandela, Cameron Diaz, New Moon, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Silvio Berlusconi, Elizabeth II, and Jennifer Hudson |
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 1 day ago
Brickworks forecasts strong results
November 24, 2009 - 1:49PM Australia's largest brick and tile producer Brickworks Ltd has forecast a solid performance in the current fiscal year as government spending fuels activity in the construction sector. The Sydney-based company...
In this article: Fiscal year, Revenue, Tax, and Sydney
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Sydney Town Hall lights up for Christmas
...Hall lights up for Christmas Sydney's Town Hall will be lit up like a Christmas tree over the next four weeks, with a holiday light show projecting images of Australia onto its Victorian sandstone facade. The 12 Days of Christmas light...
In this article: Clover Moore, Sydney, Flying fox, Echidna, Kookaburra, Galah, Christmas Eve, and The 12 Days of Christmas
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 5 days ago
With luck, Rudd will overcome his NSW phobia
...choice. But NSW is too big to be ignored. So the prospect of a Rudd-Rees alliance to fix NSW is a tantalising one: Australia's most ruthless organiser meets Australia's most disorganised state. After a decade of neglect, Sydney's...
In this article: NSW, Kevin Rudd, World Cup, Bob Hawke, FIFA, Sydney, Wayne Swan, and Phobia
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AP Online | 2 days ago
US sailor cleared of assaulting Sydney prostitute
...of assaulting Sydney prostitute SYDNEY (AP) - A U.S. Navy serviceman was found not guilty Monday of sexually assaulting a prostitute at a brothel while on shore leave in Australia's biggest city. A New South Wales District Court jury...
In this article: Sydney, USS Peleliu, USS Halsey, and U.S. Navy
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Flat ending to rich year for Ambrose
...achievable if everything goes well." Ambrose was looking forward to getting back to Australia to rejoin his wife and family and to making a guest visit to the Sydney 500 V8 Supercar event next month. "I'm looking forward to refreshing my...
In this article: Marcos Ambrose, Sprint Cup, Nascar, Mark Martin, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Sydney, and Miami, Florida
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Crying fowl, foie and wide
...and I am happy that it's not cruel." Sydney-based French expat Georges Puechberty is arguably the largest importer of foie gras into Australia, although he won't say how much he brings in each year. He has a lifelong connection with foie...
In this article: Foie gras, Chicken, Charlie Trotter, and Sydney
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FT.com - World | 1 day ago
Australia to sweeten carbon scheme for polluters
Australia to sweeten carbon scheme for polluters By Peter Smith in Sydney Published: November 24 2009 05:08 | Last updated: November 24 2009 05:08 The Australian government has made a last ditch effort to win over opposition...
In this article: Kevin Rudd, Carbon, Malcolm Turnbull, Coal, Liberal Party, Tax, Climate change, and Lars Lokke Rasmussen
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ITN Headline News - World News | 3 days ago
Bushfire threat 'catastrophic'
...say there is more to come too, with temperatures over Sydney expected to rise above 40 degrees celsius. Scorching temperatures, bone-dry bushland, and high winds have combined to create the worst bushfire threat in Australia for 100 years. ....
In this article: Sydney, New South Wales, and Tasmania
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BBC News | 7 days ago
Australia mulls Scientology probe
Australia mulls Scientology probe The Church of Scientology in Sydney is currently undergoing renovation The Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has said he will consider calls for a parliamentary inquiry into the Church of...
In this article: Church of Scientology, Nick Xenophon, Kevin Rudd, Allegation, L Ron Hubbard, Sydney, and Europe
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Australia (pronounced: /əˈstreɪljə/ or IPA: /ɒˈstreɪljə|/ , or more formally as 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
- Local Name:
- 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
- Area:
- 7617930
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $799.054 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 15th
- GDP (nominal):
- $1.013 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 13th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 15th
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $46,824
- 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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