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  Western Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Western Australia is Australia's largest state, covering the westernmost third of the mainland, bordering South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Western Australia's Economy has been largely based on the extraction and export of mining and petroleum commodities, especially iron ore, alumina, natural gas, nickel and gold.
Whilst the sovereign of Western Australia is the Queen of Australia (Queen Elizabeth II), and executive power nominally vested in her State representative the Governor (currently John Sanderson), executive power is effectively administered by the premier and ministers.
western-australia.iqnaut.net   (791 words)

  
 Western Australia
Western Australia is Australia’s largest state in area, covering the western third of the mainland, and is bordered by South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Western Australia has the highest per capita output of any Australian state, with an economy that has been largely based on the extraction and export of mining and petroleum commodities, especially, iron, alumina, natural gas, nickel and gold.
Whilst the sovereign of Western Australia is the Queen of Australia (Queen Elizabeth II), and executive power nominally vested in her State representative the Governor (currently Ken Michael), executive power is effectively administered by the premier and ministers.
www.globalguide.org /index.html?id=61006   (3011 words)

  
 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION - Wednesday, 11 February 1998
Western Australians would expect nothing less, and I shall be monitoring these matters closely and reporting on them.
What Australians will be moved by is the sort of leadership that we have seen displayed by our states leaders, who have the issue of looking after states rights as their paramount priority.
Australians will be moved by the kind of leadership we have seen displayed by so many of the young people here today.
www.australianpolitics.com /issues/republic/convention/11_02_4.shtml   (11341 words)

  
 The Great Australian Cat Predicament
Australian ferals are found in remote areas (bush cats), while British/American ferals generally remain closer to human populations in search of shelter and food, especially in winter.
Australian feral cats are found in coastal dunes, arid deserts, heath, scrub, woodland and temperate forest (and on the fringes of tropical forests), alpine snowfields, suburban and urban areas and rubbish dumps.
The Australian RSPCA and several other cat-friendly organizations have not opposed the use of FTC2 as it is proven to kill in a humane way; however others have expressed reservations about its misuse or to malicious individuals obtaining and using FTC2 on neighbours' pets.
www.centralpets.com /php/search/storiesdisplay.php?Story=76   (10114 words)

  
 Australian Film - the Year 2000 in Review
Regardless of whether or not it was a good year in Australian film, there is an undeniable amount of film activity and energy occurring below the ground, on the fringes and in the cracks of the 'official' industry, that is risk-taking, vibrant and visionary.
Two school-kids emerging from the Australian desert after months of being lost, still dressed in their newly washed and cleaned private school uniforms, forms one of the many surreal, yet meaningful, moments of the film.
Australian cinema, to be (my mother) frank, doesn't really excite me. I don't go out of my way looking for it.
www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/00/11/australian.html   (2653 words)

  
 Australia travel guide - Wikitravel
Australian flora and fauna is essentially unique to the island continent, the result of having been isolated from the rest of the world for millions of years.
The dollar (called "the Australian dollar" and written AU$ or AUD when it is necessary to distinguish it from the currencies of other countries which call their currency the dollar too) is worth between 70 and 80 US cents.
Australian police are approachable and trustworthy, and you should report assaults, theft or other crime to the police as soon as possible.
wikitravel.org /en/Australia   (11792 words)

  
 Douglas Fir
Western Larch is native to eastern Oregon and Washington, Idaho, Montana, and southern interior British Columbia.
With this LCI of Western Lumber documentation for their products, WWPA member companies are leading the industry in accountability by disclosing, through an independent third party, the environmental burdens associated with the harvesting, manufacturing and distribution of their products.
Douglas Fir and Western Larch, in both visual and MSR grades are used in roof and floor trusses, for gable ends and wall panels, pre-cut wall framing packages, wall sub-components, corners, doors, beams and frames.
www.tnloghomes.com /process/df.shtml   (5263 words)

  
 BOYUP BROOK, SOUTH WEST, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA
Australian Capital Territory : New South Wales : Northern Territory : Queensland : South Australia : Tasmania : Victoria : Western Australia
Only 269 kilometres south of Perth and between the region's major highways, Boyup Brook is ideal for a quiet stopover away from the hustle and bustle.
A comprehensive list of destinations for Western Australia Holidays can be found on the main Western Australia Holidays location guide.
www.australianexplorer.com /boyup_brook.htm   (214 words)

  
 Karst Waters Institute - Third Annual Top Ten List
In 1998 and 1999, the Karst Waters Institute (KWI) published lists of the ten most endangered karst communities; a project that evolved from discussions at a scientific conference held in February 1997 on the conservation and protection of karst biota.
Forty unique aquatic species, eight of which are listed as endangered, reside within Edwards Aquifer including the Texas Blind Salamander (one of the first species to be placed on the U.S. Federal Endangered Species List and endemic to the Edwards Aquifer).
All eight listed species are threatened by reduced spring flows caused by increased pumping, elimination of habitat and degradation of water quality caused by urban expansion.
www.karstwaters.org /TopTen3/topten3.htm   (2031 words)

  
 Old Maps of the Western United States by Grace Galleries of Harpswell Maine
This fine map was drawn to show all the State Game Refuges and includes a list of them with their areas comprising a total of 3,682,120 acres.
An interesting feature of the map are notations in pencil, by a previous user, indicating where some Refuges were opened in 1938 and where others were closed in that same year.
The map also shows paved, oiled, graveled and connecting highways and tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad, plus the locations of Fish Hatcheries and Habitat of Game shown by red names on the map.
www.gracegalleries.com /Western_US_Listings.htm   (853 words)

  
 Stock Images of Wildlife
The list below is a good start, but not totally inclusive.
Take for example, California has 7 listings starting with “California”, but we also have wineries, helicopters, plants, animals, recreation, people, etc. This means it's hard to cross reference everything.
Please call or email to check on a certain subject which may not be listed here.
www.cclockwood.com /stockimages/list.htm   (126 words)

  
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Subject: Articles with highway numbers In Ontario there is a variation on the use of the definite article with highway numbers.
Highways are numbered by some system whose origin I do not know, but that number is prefixed by "4" (making a number in the 400's) if it is a divided highway (4 lanes or more).
www.umich.edu /~archive/linguistics/linguist.list/volume.3/no.901-950   (15888 words)

  
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I'm going to try to put my hands on a list of registered voters in Sandy and would like to start making phone calls to them to ask them to vote and to vote for me--probably a simple 15 to 30 second message containing my name and asking for their vote.
All I ask of electronic subscribers is that they not RE-forward my columns until on or after the embargo date which appears at the top of each, and that (should they then choose to do so) they copy the columns in their entirety, preserving the original attribution.
This list was created in a hurry due to the emergency presented by anti-gun politicians and the media dancing in the blood of those who died in the Colorado massacre.
www.xmission.com /pub/lists/utah-firearms/archive/utah-firearms.199910   (19700 words)

  
 OZ Holiday Parks Directory
You are not listed on a general travel website, you are listed on a dedicated Caravan and Camping website.
You are not listed with a whole range of other competing types of accommodation.
You are listed on a one-stop website for caravan and camping info and services.
www.ozholidayparks.com.au /whylistwithus.asp   (381 words)

  
 Great Australian Landscapes - Plant List A-E
Agonis flexuosa "Willow Leaf Myrtle" WA Evergreen tree in warm climates, growing to 25' tall.
Anigozanthus manglesii "Red and Green Kangaroo Paw" WA Western Australia's Floral Emblem.
Well-established in Arizona on highways and residential landscapes.
www.downunderontop.com /plantlist.htm   (1561 words)

  
 Brad's Australian Highways Page
A history and a brief guide to Australia's National Highway, a system of Federally-maintained roads which connect all major cities and span all states and territories.
They're deeply entrenched in the human experience of everybody in the western world, and Australia is no exception.
How many Australians remember their childhood holidays on the crowded and twisty Princes Highway, or marvelling at the speed of the Holden Kingswood dashing along the South-Eastern Freeway with Dad at the wheel, all those big green signs and bright white stripes nothing but a blur?
www.geocities.com /humehwy31/index.html   (714 words)

  
 Radicus Internet - News of Australia
BEIJING, Jan 14 (AFP) - A senior Australian delegation arrived in Pyongyang from China Tuesday, the first mission from a Western nation to be received by the isolated state since the nuclear crisis erupted in October.
SYDNEY, Dec 19 (AFP) - The Australian government acted Thursday to bolster the ranks of special forces units responsible for counter-terrorism with more than 300 additional troops, in a move sure to fire speculation the country is gearing up to join a campaign against Iraq.
SYDNEY, Sept 18 (AFP) - An Australian boy is recovering in hospital after pioneering surgery from which he has emerged as the world's only surviving recipient of a partial liver transplant from a living donor, his doctors said Wednesday.
www.radicus.net /news/listall/world.oceania.australia.asp   (12642 words)

  
 Research council funding grants announced | | The Australian
The scaly intruder, known as Ollie, was taken to the press conference by Melbourne University venom researcher Bryan Fry, to the surprise of Science Minister Julie Bishop.
Dr Fry's work in unlocking animal venoms is one of 1154 projects to share in $365 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) grants, announced today by Ms Bishop.
Funded studies for 2007 include research into the impact of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef, the likely effect of cane toads reaching Western Australia's Kimberley region, developing turf varieties that require less water and an examination of Australians' retirement saving habits.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20562268-1702,00.html   (276 words)

  
 The New Environmentalist - Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Two of the pesticides used (DDT and dieldrin) are on the U.N.'s list of the world's most toxic substances, but despite being banned in many countries, they resist decay and persist in the environment.
In western Australia, radioactive material from aluminum refineries is being used at cattle ranches; in other parts of the country, waste from zinc smelters, power stations and cement kilns is spread on farms and gardens.
The country doesn't regulate the content of fertilizers, and environmental and agricultural officials contend that the levels of the metals in the fertilizers are harmless -- though they rarely do the testing themselves, instead taking companies at their word that the products are safe.
thenewenvironmentalist.com /care2/articles_0602/planet_grist.html   (9026 words)

  
 Australian Travel Links
OZ Roads Included in the Oz Roads Web Site are complete linear maps of all the highways and other major roads in Australia.
Australian Fact Sheets (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
Maps: Australia (interactive), (static) and the Australian region.
www.geocities.com /austadv/links.htm   (160 words)

  
 Fun Trivia Quiz List
This page lists those quizzes that our editors have chosen as representing the best of the best.
This quiz tests your knowledge of Australian botany with questions about the nine Australian floral emblems - national (1), state (6) and territory (2).
Note: The Pac 10 was formerly known as the Pac 8, the AAWU (Athletic Assn. of Western Universities), and PCC (Pacific Coast Conference).
www.funtrivia.com /quizlistgold.cfm?picks=1   (977 words)

  
 David & Catherine Birnie abducted & murdered 4 Perth, Australia women - The Crime library
The house at number 3 Moorhouse Street, Willagee, on the outskirts of Perth, Western Australia, was an unkempt white brick, two-bedroom bungalow.
It would become as infamous to Australians as the chamber of horrors at 213 Oxford Apartments, Milwaukee, became to Americans or London's 10 Rillington Place and 25 Cromwell Street became to the British.
Whenever the Birnies felt like killing someone they would drive along the highways of Perth and pick up hitchhikers or other young women in need of a lift.
www.crimelibrary.com /serial_killers/partners/birnie/1_index.html   (927 words)

  
 CVCO - Overbooked: Sense of Place Stars - Alaska
A list of books, many of which received at least one starred review (indicating a work of unusual merit) from the following review sources: Booklist (BL), Publisher's Weekly (PW), Kirkus, and Library Journal (LJ).
Additional titles of interest may be included on this list.
Join the Overbooked List - A rather quiet list for readers to share recent reads, keep up to date with details about new books, discuss favorite authors/titles, etc.
www.overbooked.org /booklists/place/australia.html   (420 words)

  
 User:Nachoman-au - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
My interests are Trains, and the history of Western Australia, especially country towns.
Towns (list), Postcodes, Government, LGAs, National Parks, Geography, Lakes, Rivers, Islands, Regions, History, People, Highways, Transport, Education, Schools, Hospitals
List of ships of the Royal Australian Navy, List of aircraft of the RAAF, Modern Equipment and Uniform of the Australian Army
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/User:Nachoman-au   (135 words)

  
 Pioneer Books Lists
Reprinted from Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, South Australian Branch, Session 1932-33.
Department of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Western Australia.
The Best Western Travel Guide: 1964 Coast to Coast, Covers 40,000 miles of principally traveled highways in USA and Canada.
www.pioneerbooks.com.au /lists/pamphlets.html   (2478 words)

  
 African Women on the Internet
Extensive film catalog, descriptions and background on the films, lists their videos by topic (tradition and modernity, women and development, etc.).
This list of Contemporary Women World Leaders since 1945 includes two queen-regents of Swaziland, past prime ministers of Burundi, the Central African Republic, and Rwanda, and Ruth Perry of Liberia, Africa's first woman president.
Other lists are Political Leaders 1945 + and a list of the world's present leaders, Africa's first independence leaders, and current rulers longest in office and rulers who died violently.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/women.html   (9452 words)

  
 Transport Community
TOI Web page containing a list of their research programs and brief description of the scope of each research top and the program administrator.
VTI Web page containing a large amount of useful information on current research and development and extensive lists of publications (many in English, others with English abstracts).
The UK Highways Agency was established in 1994 and is an executive agency of the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions.
www.worldbank.org /transport/websites.htm   (784 words)

  
 Wild Australian Weekend | Food & Wine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
After a series of hair-raising hairpin turns, we realized that we were in the mountains, whose inky blue color, when seen from a distance, is due (it's said) to the refraction of sunlight off tiny beads of eucalyptus oil that hang suspended in the air.
There's basically one set of roads to get around—the Great Western Highway and the Bells Line of Road—and it's along the ragged circle formed by these two highways that the region's few, sonorously named small towns lie.
Matt and I were perplexed to see the Australian visitors gawking at trees whose leaves were turning their fall colors until we remembered that the country has relatively few deciduous trees.
www.foodandwine.com /articles/wild-australian-weekend   (1399 words)

  
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The Political Union for the Reform of Governmental Ethics (PURGE) (politunion@aol.com) WEDNESDAY JUNE 02 1999 Joseph Farah is editor of WorldNetDaily.com and executive director of the Western Journalism Center, an independent group of investigative reporters.
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the power of spending and outlines a list of activities on which the taxpayer's money may be spent.
As Kimberley slept, I marveled that you and your gun controlling and banning posse would want me to be unarmed and unable to protect her as I traveled on America's highways.
www.xmission.com /pub/lists/roc/archive/roc.199906   (17058 words)

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