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	Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Australia's neighbouring countries are 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 south-east.
		Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of Australia, a role that is distinct from her position as Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
		Australia led the formation of the Cairns Group and APEC, and is a member of the OECD and the WTO.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australia (4626 words)

	Australia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Australia
		Australia is an independent sovereign nation within the Commonwealth, retaining the British monarch as head of state, represented by a governor general.
		Australia was one of the first countries to feel the effects of the great depression that followed the Wall Street crash of 1929.
		Australia became the base for the Allied campaign in the Pacific, and under the supreme command of Gen Douglas MacArthur the Allied forces halted the Japanese drive in 1942–43, and in mid-1943 began the recapture of the islands and the slow reconquest of the New Guinea coastline.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Australia (5244 words)

	Australia by Jim Cornish
		Australia became a commonwealth of the British Empire in 1901.
		Australia is sometimes called "the land down under" because it lies in the Southern Hemisphere.
		Queen Elizabeth II is head of the state and is represented by a governor general William Deane who is Australian.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/auzzie.htm (977 words)

	Australia II Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Australia is the driest inhabited continent, and the flattest.
		Australia is often referred to by economists as the "world's farm", but despite this emphasis on the Agriculture in Australiaagriculture sector, in recent years the Australian government has been focusing on the tourism, education and technology markets.
		Australia is one of only two countries (the other being Greece) to have participated in every summer Olympic Games of the modern era, and she hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics1956 and 2000 Summer Olympics2000 Summer Olympics.
	www.echostatic.com /Australia_II.html (4604 words)

	Australia
		Australia became known for its liberal legislation: free compulsory education, protected trade unionism with industrial conciliation and arbitration, the secret ballot, women's suffrage, maternity allowances, and sickness and old-age pensions.
		Australia released the Flood report in 2004, an assessment of prewar intelligence on Iraq, which described the evidence supporting Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction as “thin, ambiguous, and incomplete.” But like similar U.S. and UK intelligence reports, it cleared the government of manipulating the intelligence.
		Australia has been the victim of two significant terrorist attacks in recent years: the 2002 Bali, Indonesia, bombings by a group with ties to al-Qaeda in which 202 died, many of whom were Australian, and the 2004 attack on the Australian embassy in Indonesia, which killed ten.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107296.html (1213 words)

	ICL - Australia Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is therefore UK legislation granted for the purposes of a self-governing colony, as witnessed by Section 2 of the Act, continually vesting sovereignty in the UK monarchy, as well as Section 57 (3) (with 58, 59, 60), 128 (4), and 74 (3) of the Constitution, preserving the "Queen's assent" and "Royal prerogative".
		Australia joined the League of Nations on 10 January 1920, but there is no specific date for the independence from Britain.
		Furthermore, Australia did not separately declare war in 1939: Britain was at war and therefore Australia was, too.
	www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/as__indx.html (456 words)

	Australia in New Zealand - Oz Kids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Australia II was the first successful challenger for the America's Cup.
		The 12-Meter Class yacht Australia II represented the Royal Perth Yacht Club in its 1983 challenge for the America's Cup.
		Australia II came from behind to prevail 4 races to 3.
	www.australia.org.nz /ozkids_relatedtopic.php?ID=46 (1277 words)

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		Australia's investment of A$ 1.5 billion in ASEAN in 1989 is small compared to ASEAN's investments of A$ 7.3 billion in Australia.
		Australia was requested to take into consideration, but should not be made mandatory, the five factors on Intellectual Property Rights - intellectual contributions; financial contributions; and the contributions of pre-existing intellectual properly; materials and research efforts; facilities provided by each party and such other relevant considerations as the participating parties may mutually determine.
		Australia has offered to implement proposals for regional cooperation in the language training, regional programme of targeted institutional research and academic linkages, and arrangements for reciprocal recognition of qualifications and skills.
	www.aseansec.org /11236.htm (915 words)

	How World War II shaped Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		To understand Australia’s response to the World War II refugee crisis it is first necessary to place Australia within the context of its involvement in developing international intervention mechanisms for refugees.
		In Australia there is a Legal Research Section which assists the RRT with drafting comments, responding to specific requests for legal guidance and produces bulletins and summaries on the issues of concern to the RRT as well as assisting members with reasons relating to the law.
		Australia could be considered as insensitive to the crisis of the Jewish refugee situation during World War II, not acting on its urgency.
	www.csu.edu.au /student/forcedmigration/refugee/Vol1/Vol1_a1.htm (5292 words)

	AYF special offer for Australia II tribute
		The original signature of Australia II helmsman John Bertrand is featured, along with a piece of sail used by Australia II in the final race and a gold-plated Boxing Kangaroo medallion.
		The framed print is accompanied by a signed affidavit by Australia II project manager and crewman, John Longley, guaranteeing the authenticity of the sail and providing valuable information on its use throughout the race.
		It was the headsail worn by Australia II as she crossed the finishing line on September 26th 1983”.
	www.yachting.org.au /?ID=2270 (363 words)

	Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History:
		On the Homefront: Western Australia and World War II commemorates the efforts made by Western Australians to cope with the demands of being at war.
		It was commissioned by the Ministry of Premier and Cabinet in 1995, the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II and a year that saw many aspects of the wartime experience throughout Australia recalled as part of the 'Australia Remembers' project.
		World War II is recent enough to loom large in the lived experience of many elder citizens and younger West Australians share that memory in family histories, national memorials and fictional representations.
	www.jcu.edu.au /aff/history/reviews/gregory.htm (1028 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - Australia II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		One of two 12-meters built for a syndicate headed by Australia's Alan Bond (the other was Challenge 12), Australia II's design included a radical "winged keel," which enhanced her maneuverability and was the object of considerable controversy during the Cup season.
		In race five, Australia II posted a commanding lead of 1:47, and in the sixth, she established a new record margin of 3:25.
		Upon her return to Australia, Australia II was exhibited at the National Maritime Museum in Sydney.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_009200_australiaii.htm (599 words)

	PM - Australia II invited to Americas Cup jubilee
		The original crew of Alan Bond's Australia II are keen to race the yacht again, but as Adrienne Lowth reports in Perth, it's up to the Western Australian Maritime Museum to give final approval.
		Australia II becomes the first yacht to win the America's Cup.
		Since its historic win in 1983, Australia II has been housed in the National Maritime Museum in Sydney, but plans are underway for it to return to Fremantle as the main attraction of WA's new Maritime Museum.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/stories/s104519.htm (759 words)

	Didgeridoo in the Global Market II \| iDIDJ Australia
		In the first part of this article that appeared in the previous issue of this magazine, a brief overview of the issues and concerns relating to the didgeridoo in the global market was outlined.
		The article touched upon the damage to the environment that non-Indigenous didgeridoo producers in Australia are notorious for.
		It is beyond doubt that the didgeridoo is a part of the cultural heritage of certain Aboriginal groups of Northern Australia and that these groups hold collective ICIP rights to the instrument and to the knowledge relating to its use.
	www.ididj.com.au /authenticity/didj_in_global_market_2.html (1389 words)

	World War II (from Australia) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		HISTORY > World War II Australia entered the war on Sept. 3, 1939, the moment that Britain declared war on Germany and its allies for persisting in their invasion of Poland.
		Australia's capital is Canberra, located in the southeast between the larger and more important economic and cultural centres of Sydney and Melbourne.
		Australia's unique environment and cultural experience found their artistic expression only gradually, as green, nostalgic, pseudo-English landscapes were replaced with the harsh, brown reality of deserts and eucalyptus forests.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-196953?tocId=196953&ct= (1040 words)

	A Moment in Time: Settlement of Australia - II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		So that lead in Australia to the theory there were two ways you worked.
		By 1850 a combination of free immigrant labor attracted by the wool industry and a gold strike in 1851, plus the growing revulsion to the use of convict labor in Australian society brought the practice to an end.
		For a century people tried to forget that much of Australia's richness and diversity was largely due to its convictism.
	ehistory.osu.edu /world/amit/display.cfm?amit_id=2229 (383 words)

	Australian Aviation Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the time of it's construction, AUSTRALIA II was by far the most technically advanced Gyrocopter in Australia, and probably the world.
		The advantages of AUSTRALIA II over the original Gyrocopter, named AUSTRALIA, include a more Streamlined Overall Design for Penetration through the Air, Lighter Weight and a Single Rudder to reduce the Air Drag created by the Twin Rudders on the original machine.
		AUSTRALIA II was donated to the Australian Aviation Museum by Harley Newman's son Gordon, as this was his father's wish.
	www.aamb.com.au /GYRO.HTM (266 words)

	Drug Policy Alliance: Community Attitudes to Cannabis use in Western Australia: Part II
		Although the overall response rate for the study was only 38%, this was not surprising given the length of the interview; however, this could not be shortened substantially without compromising the aims of the study.
		Alternatively, it may be that support for Item 3, which reflected the current legal status of cannabis in Western Australia, was due to the general reluctance of the Australian population to support changes in laws.
		Further broad support for chan ing laws regarding cannabis is indicated by the result that a majority believe that it would not be a bad thing for the community if it were legal to cultivate small amounts of cannabis for personal use.
	www.drugpolicy.org /library/lenton2.cfm (2239 words)

	Australia - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Australia can experience hurricanes and cyclones on both coasts mainly on the northeast and northwest while droughts are also common.
		In 1949 Sir Robert Menzies was elected Prime Minister of a Liberal coalition government and in the same year Australia contributed forces to a UN command in the Korean War.
		In 1954 Australia became a member of South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) and in 1965 Australian troops were sent to Vietnam.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/austral.htm (2099 words)

	PM - Australia II sails again
		The Australia Two was captained by John Bertram, designed by Ben Lexcen and financed by Alan Bond.
		The man behind the Australia Two bid, Warren Jones,says the 1983 win was just as important as the Schooner America's.
		WARREN JONES: It's been a pretty long 18 months whilst we first canvassed the possibility of Australia Three and Four and then set out almost on the odyssey of seeing whether we could get the boat out of the Museum which initially looked impossible and it was a pretty interesting negotiation.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/stories/s293401.htm (524 words)

	Australia II
		Lutwyche Cemetery ghosts are presaged by the "smell of death;" singing white lights haunt Toowong Cemetery; and apparitions dart across the roads in Bridgeman Downs Cemetery.
		However, Australia's best documented ghost is known simply as the Ghost of the Outback.
		The Phar Lap saddle was larger than the average American one and Woolf, only the second rider in America tof inherit the nickname as "The Iceman" won most of his country's major races using it.
	www.nzghosts.co.nz /australia2.htm (2793 words)

	World War II in Australia
		On September 3, 1939 Australia declared war on Germany and entered the war in Europe to aid its Allies in the United Kingdom.
		The Japanese offensive in New Guinea was the most direct threat Australia faced.
		Fortunately, the Americans staved off a naval attack on Australia at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942.
	www.worldwariihistory.info /in/Australia.html (168 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901.
		Australia has an enviable Western-style capitalist economy, with a per capita GDP on par with the four dominant West European economies.
		Australia's emphasis on reforms, low inflation, and growing ties with China are other key factors behind the economy's strength.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/as.html (1187 words)

	Ape Culture - Roadside Australia - Part II
		Tamworth is Australia's country music capital, a mini-Nashville sans Neon and Twitty City.
		Country music is the biggest selling genre in Australia and every year Tamworth hosts a huge country music festival in January.
		The town's landmark is the 12-meter tall Golden Guitar, a replica of Australia's country music award, which stands in front of the Gallery of Stars wax museum.
	www.apeculture.com /travel/eastertrip2.htm (684 words)

	Business Wire: Australia's ARMS II Fund IX AUD484.5MM Assigned Expected 'AAA' Rating
		ARMS II Fund IX's AUD484.5 million amortising, pass-through, floating-rate tranche 1 and tranche 2 bonds are assigned an expected rating of `AAA' by Fitch.
		This is the 11th securitised issue of notes backed by a residential mortgage pool from Australian Mortgage Securities Ltd. (AMS) ARMS II program and the ninth Australian issuance.
		The fund is an individual trust fund created under the master trust deed for ARMS II funds.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_Feb_27/ai_70900472 (376 words)

	Arnold Bloch Leibler - Australia - Basel II: The Effect on Australian Banking (20/04/2005) from Mondaq
		Basel II revises the existing regime by creating a stronger link between risk and capital requirements.
		The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has announced that Basel II will be implemented in Australia over the next three years....
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	www.mondaq.com /article.asp?articleid=32131&lastestnews=1 (264 words)

	Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (ii) - Australian Trade Union Archives Trade Union entry
		The Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia was formed in Sydney on 25 September 1908 by delegates from New South Wales and Victoria.
		In 1975 the FIA amalgamated again with the Federated Artificial Fertiliser & Chemical Workers' Union of Australia.
		Although reregistering, the Union remained known as the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia.
	www.atua.org.au /biogs/ALE0460b.htm (334 words)

	A Moment in Time: Canberra: Capitol of Australia - II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1912, Griffin was selected to design the new capitol of Australia at Canberra.
		By the mid-1920s settlers by the thousands were beginning to move to Australia's new capitol on the Limestone Plain.
		Interviews with Geoffrey Hawker were conducted during a University of Richmond faculty research seminar in Australia, June 2001.
	ehistory.osu.edu /world/amit/display.cfm?amit_id=2299 (273 words)

	Australia II measures up for Cowes
		After much fundraising down under, Australia II was taken from her new home, the Western Australian Maritime Museum, fitted with a new rig and a new suit of sails and shipped to Britain.
		As part of her warm up for the America's Cup Jubilee (ACJ), she will be taking part in Cowes Week, providing most of us with a spectacle we thought we would never see, and the measurement was essential for her participation.
		Ben Lexcen's wing-keeled wonder Australia II sent shockwaves through the sail racing world when she defeated Liberty 4-3 off Newport.
	www.ybw.com /auto/newsdesk/20010620125929ywnews.html (337 words)

	RA: Resident Advisor - F.A.C.T. Australia II mixed by Carl Cox - CD Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		With F.A.C.T Australia II, he continues this series showcasing his changing interpretation of the house and techno sound.
		The second part of F.A.C.T. Australia II opens with Behrouz’s wickedly percussive ‘Azab’ and flows onto the full blown bass of Electric Mood featuring Melanie’s ‘Sacred Dance’.
		F.A.C.T. Australia II is the perfect soundtrack for combating that jungle.
	www.residentadvisor.net /review_view.asp?ID=1580 (2408 words)

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