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 Australia - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
The Commonwealth of Australia is a constitutional monarchy: the Queen of Australia is considered to be the head of state, although that term is found nowhere in the Constitution or the law.
Australia is often referred to by economists as the "world's farm", but despite this emphasis on the agriculture sector, in recent years the Australian government has been focusing on the tourism, education and technology markets.
English is the main official and spoken language in Australia, although some of the surviving Aboriginal communities maintain their native languages, and a considerable number of first and sometimes second-generation migrants are bilingual.
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 Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia is the sixth-largest country in the world (geographically), the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia.
Australia is thought to have been inhabited for at least 60,000 years, since the remote ancestors of the current Australian Aborigines arrived via land bridges from present-day Southeast Asia.
The first English explorers were Willem Dampier on the west coast of the continent in 1688, and James Cook, who in 1770 claimed the eastern two-thirds of the continent for Britain, despite orders from King George III to first conclude a treaty with the indigenous population.
en.mcfly.org /Australia   (2394 words)

  
 Australia by Jim Cornish
Australia became a commonwealth of the British Empire in 1901.
Lying southeast of Asia, it is bound by the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Coral Sea to the northeast, the Timor Sea to the northwest, the Indian Ocean to the west and the Tasman Sea to the southeast.
Australia is sometimes called "the land down under" because it lies in the Southern Hemisphere.
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 Australia - Gurupedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
South Australia in 1836, Victoria in 1851 and Queensland in 1859.
With this act of parliament, Australian law was made unequivocally the law in the nation, and the High Court of Australia was confirmed as the single highest court of appeal.
Australia is often referred to by economists as the "world's farm", but despite this emphasis on the agriculture sector, in recent years the Australian government has been focusing on the tourism,
www.gurupedia.com /a/au/australia.htm   (1843 words)

  
 List of mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The rankings are derived from the list of highest mountains, which ranks mountains separated by 500m of prominence.
See also: List of mountains in Greece, Greek names of mountains, List of mountains in Bulgaria.
List of mountains and hills of the British Isles by height
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_mountains   (1953 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Australia
The "Holy House of Australia", with its small adjoining grounds and the sum of £1,000 was devoted to religion by Davis, and on its site now stands a fine church dedicated to God under the invocation of the national apostle of Ireland.
Australia was gradually rolling out of the sullen gloom of a penal settlement, and emerging into the condition of a freeman's country.
The origin of the native tribes of Australia is one of the unsolved riddles of ethnology.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/02113b.htm   (6415 words)

  
 World Heritage: Blue Mountains Area
The Greater Blue Mountains Area was inscribed on the World Heritage List at the 24th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Cairns from 27 November to 2 December 2000.
A substantial proportion of Australia's biodiversity associated with the range of ecosystems that dominate large parts of the continent and lie between rainforest and arid ecosystems occur within the Greater Blue Mountains Area.
Australia, with approximately ten percent of the global total of known vascular plants is a major centre of biodiversity.
www.deh.gov.au /heritage/worldheritage/sites/blue   (1065 words)

  
 Category:Mountains of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For more information, see the article about List of mountains in Australia.
See also related category: Mountain ranges of Australia
There are 4 subcategories shown below (more may be shown on subsequent pages).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Mountains_of_Australia   (87 words)

  
 11/30/00 -- Australia's Blue Mountains join list of world treasures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
The Blue Mountains, just west of Sydney, now share the same status as international icons including the Great Barrier Reef, The Great Wall of China and the Grand Canyon in the United States.
The mountains were described as a living biological laboratory.
The Blue Mountains get their name from the blue haze formed by sunlight shining through vapour released by eucalypts.
forests.org /archive/spacific/aubmjoin.htm   (366 words)

  
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Australia, (7,617.930 sq km) is widely considered part of a continental landmass, not officially an island.
Numbers shown are the population within the recognized city limits, and do not include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city.
Numbers shown are the population within the immediate surrounding area of the established border of the city, and also include the city limit population figures.
www.worldatlas.com /geoquiz/thelist.htm   (589 words)

  
 Blue Mountains, Australia, accommodation.
The Blue Mountains, an area rich in natural beauty was designated in 2000 as a World Heritage Region - defined by UNESCO as 'worthy of recognition as of outstanding universal value'.
The Nepean River (which is at the foothills of the mountains) is a great place for water sports enthusiasts to indulge in water ski-ing, rowing, canoeing and rafting at the former Olympic White Water Centre.
The Blue Mountains scenery is unique and the area consists of over a million hectares of dramatic sandstone gorges, plateaus and escarpments dominated by eucalypt forest.
www.auinfo.com /blue-mountains.htm   (928 words)

  
 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
This is a list of regions in Australia that are not Australian states or territories...
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 WWW-VL History Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
"Australia on the Map: 1606-2006" (AOTM) is a national not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping and encouraging the people of Australia plan events for 2006.
The Discovery of Australia, by Diego de Prado, from the University of Sydney Library.
Australia Felix, by Henry Handel Richardson, from the University of Sydney Library.
vlib.iue.it /history/oceania/Australia   (1692 words)

  
 ISEP Institutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
When researching class offerings at an Australia university, please keep in mind that in Australia, course refers to a degree program; individual classes are referred to as units or subjects.
Australia follows the Southern Hemisphere calendar; therefore, students will find it beneficial to begin their studies during the U.S. second term.
The city is popular with international students because it offers one of the lowest costs of living in Australia and boasts excellent sporting, cultural, social and commercial facilities in a clean, unpolluted environment.
www.isep.org /nus/australi   (2612 words)

  
 National Mapping - Fab Facts, Landforms, Australian Mountains
The highest mountains on the Australian mainland are in an area known as the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales, part of the Great Dividing Range which separates the central lowlands from the eastern highlands.
Note: In producing a list of highest mountains, there is always subjective debate over what should and should not be included.
Often questions arise as to whether a peak is a separate mountain or part of a ridge.
www.ga.gov.au /education/facts/landforms/highmtns.htm#snowy   (333 words)

  
 Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Eastern Australian temperate forests (AA0402)
It is renowned for its size, its central mountain mass (Mt. Warning), and its erosion patterns, which have worn the caldera floor down to basement Mesozoic and Palaeozoic rocks (McDonald and Adams 1995, WCMC 1996).
The climate in the Blue Mountains region near Sydney is warm-temperate with summer maximum temperatures of 28˚C in the lowlands, and winter minimum temperatures of 3˚C recorded at approximately 1,000 m in elevation.
The Eastern Australian Temperate Forests ecoregion is a transition zone between temperate southeastern Australia and the tropical climate of north and northeastern Australia.
www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa0402_full.html   (2539 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Australia (Eyewitness Travel Guides): Books: DK Publishing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
AUSTRALIA LIES in the southern hemisphere and covers 7,772,535 sq km (3,842,675 sq miles) of land.
The different regions of Australia are covered in alphabetical order, with color coded tabs at the top of the page so you can skip to the next one if you want without having to look in the index.
No one book on a country as big and diverse as Australia can cover everything, but this guide is a great place to at least start your research and learn about the most important places and sights you want to see and visit.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0789494329?v=glance   (1136 words)

  
 Mount Bogong: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
Victoria (Victoria: A waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally), Australia (Australia: A nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)
The Big River separates the massif of the mountain itself from the Bogong High Plains to the south.
From 1300 metres to 1800 metres, woodland and open woodland of Snow Gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora (Eucalyptus pauciflora: Small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips)) dominate, and above 1800 metres, the vegetation consists of alpine shrubland, grassland and herbfield.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/mount_bogong   (326 words)

  
 Bungarra Alpine Centre - Accommodation Snowy Mountains NSW Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
We are located only five minutes from Jindabyne, two hours from Canberra and just 30 minutes from Australia’s premier ski fields, Come and experience all of the opportunities of Bungarra Alpine Centre.
If you’re a school group wanting to take advantage of the educational activities of the Snowy Mountains or a social group out to enjoy a holiday break, Bungarra Alpine Centre is the place for you.
Join our 11th hour mailing list, and we will e-mail you when space is available for you and your friends (no minimum booking).
www.bungarra.com.au   (270 words)

  
 Sonoma Vacation Rentals villa - Saint Helena Road Vineyards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
This luxury, vineyard estate home is situated on 60 park-like acres with 18.5 acres of mountain vineyards to wander through at the hub of the Napa/Sonoma wine region.
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The A1Vacations mailing list is not given, sold, or lent to any third party.
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 Full story list
All over Australia, Dreaming stories tell of the ancestor spirits who created the land and everything on it.
Warren is from the Yuin-Monaro people, on the far south coast of New South Wales and the main mountain-Gulaga-holds deep significance for his people.
In this story from the lower River Murray area of South Australia, two fishermen are delighted with their huge catch of fish.
www.dreamtime.net.au /dreaming/storylist.htm   (979 words)

  
 Trip Report - Australia
Initially, I had hoped to see at least one hundred species (a group that just came back from Australia told me they saw more than two hundred species), but the itinerary did not provide enough time nor the right locations to find one hundred species in such a short time.
A light tan raptor was perched on the wires of the rail cars running parallel to the road, but I was not able to identify it.
By now, I knew that Australia was a place that I would definitely return for a longer visit sometime in the future.
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 Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
As the sun is refracted through suspended droplets of the aromatic eucalyptus oil a 'blue-ish' haze is created giving the Mountains with their name.
Their breathtaking views and excellent scenery, can act as a timely escape from the hustle and bustle of city life.
Other activities synonymous with the Mountains include abseiling, white water rafting, horse riding, and rockclimbing.
www.frogandtoad.com.au /nsw/bm   (228 words)

  
 The Ultimate Blue Mountains Day Hike | Blue Mountains Guides Australia | bushwalking | guided wilderness walking | ...
The Jamison Valley forms the awesome backdrop to one of Australia's, and the Blue Mountains', best known land marks - the Three Sisters.
Being surrounded by the vertical cliffs of Kings Tableland, Mount Solitary, Sublime Point, Narrow Neck and the southern escarpment of the Blue Mountains the valley appears an ocean of inaccessible eucalypt forest.
Pick up from Accommodation in the Upper Blue Mountains at 9.15am for a short transfer to the beginning of the walk.
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 St Mounts Guesthouse, Blue Mountains Australia
Mount's combines the luxury and comfort of modern life with the charm and ambience of yesteryear.
Set in two acres of landscaped gardens with adjoining parkland in the breathtaking beauty of the Upper Blue Mountains, this boutique hotel has been restored to capture its former elegance.
The Pines has two executive chefs, a superb menu and an award winning wine list.
www.stmounts.com.au   (106 words)

  
 bluemountains.yourguide
Blue Mountains City Council is deploying all available firepower in its battle to gain exemption from new State planning laws that threaten the integrity of its new local environment plan, LEP 2005.
Four Blue Mountains teenagers have proved they are world class by out-paddling boatloads of New Zealanders in an elite kayak and canoe competition.
Real estate and property listings in your area and around the country.
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 The Grandeur of the Blue Mountains | Blue Mountains Guides Australia | bushwalking | guided wilderness walking | ...
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Providing us with stunning views of the mountains that will simply take your breath away; the Grose Gorge opening up before us, with 300m high sandstone cliffs juxtaposed, Govett's Leap to the South, Mt Banks, Mt Hay and Mt Wilson, with Sydney on the farthest horizon.
This crossing of the gorge is a quite unique and rare day walk that very few people experience - a true escape that will leave you feeling totally invigorated and refreshed.
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 The world's top australia websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
The Commonwealth of Australia (pronounced by locals as either
The land was not discovered by Europeans until the 17th century, when it was sighted and visited by several expeditions: the Spanish Luis Vaez de Torres (1606) and the Dutch explorers Willem Jansz (1606), Jan Carstensz (1623), Dirck Hartog and Abel Tasman.
Although Australia had become independent, the British government retained some powers over Australia until the Statute of Westminster in 1931, and the authority of the United Kingdom Parliament was not completely severed until 1986).
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 A*List Deals @ National Geographic Traveler
Rates are listed in U.S. dollars and are based on double occupancy, unless otherwise noted; rates for hotels and tours outside the U.S. may be slightly higher or lower, depending on the current exchange rate.
The cruise includes accommodations in an outside cabin, flights from London to the port of call, a full list of shore excursions at each port of call, all tips and gratuities to staff onboard and ashore, entrance fees to places visited, port taxes, and all meals onboard the ship.
Highlights of the trip include the 16th-century Villa Lante and the Etruscan town of Tarquinia, the city of Lucca, Gaudí's La Sagrada Familia and Guell Park, and the Alhambra in Granada.
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 Regents' Testing Program
Following is a complete list of the essay topics approved for use on the Regents' Test.
The Essay Test requires students to choose among four topics drawn from this list.
Some democracies -- Australia, for example -- require their citizens to vote.
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