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The name Australia has been applied to two continents. Originally, it was applied to the south polar continent, or sixth continent, now known as Antarctica.The name is a shortened form of Terra Australis which was one of the names given to the imagined (but undiscovered) land mass that was thought to surround the south pole.
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, [17] is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. [18] Australia has a total area of 7,688,287 km 2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest country by area in Oceania .
This is a list of television programmes that are currently being broadcast or have been broadcast on ABC Television's ABC TV (formerly ABC1), ABC Family (formerly ABC2, ABC Comedy and ABC TV Plus), ABC Kids (formerly ABC 4 Kids), ABC Entertains (formerly ABC3 and ABC ME) or ABC News (formerly ABC News 24) in Australia.
The history of Australia is the history of the land and peoples which comprise the ... (which he called New ... From 1910 to 1914 just under 300,000 migrants arrived ...
Now, 10 years later, we are married. I’m often asked if I knew it would work out; the truth is, I didn’t. It was a risk to ask a stranger to fly to Australia, but with great risk comes great ...
The Ghan is one of the longest train journeys in the world, spanning 1,851 miles and multiple climate zones, from tropical Darwin in Australia’s “top end” to the lush hills of Adelaide on ...
In Australia, the term "good bloke" has a particular nuance that distinguishes a "good bloke" from just any "bloke". For instance, in Richard Walsh 's essay "Australia Observed" (1985), Walsh (himself a noted good bloke) notes "The ultimate accolade in Australia is to be a "good bloke", meaning someone who is gregarious, hospitable, generous ...
Teal independents, simply known as teals and also called community independents, are various centrist, independent or minor party politicians in Australian politics who have been grouped together collectively for ease of discussion by the media in Australia.