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He made another voyage to the region in 1699, before returning to England. He described some of the flora and fauna of Australia, and was the first European to report Australia's peculiar large hopping animals. Dampier contributed to knowledge of Australia's coastline through his two-volume publication A Voyage to New Holland (1703, 1709
27 Mar 1791 21 Aug 1791 148 days 155 [5] (160) William and Ann: Eber Bunker: 27 Mar 1791 28 Aug 1791 154 days 181 [7] (188) Active: John Mitchinson 27 Mar 1791 26 Sep 1791 183 days 154 [21] (175) Queen (came from Cork, Ireland) Richard Bowen 19 Apr 1791 26 Sep 1791 160 days 126 [7] (133) 22 [-] (22) Albemarle: George Bowen 27 Mar 1791 13 Oct ...
Australian National Line was formed on 1 October 1956 as the Australian Coastal Shipping Commission with the passing of the Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act. [1] The organisation took about forty ships previously operated by the Australian Shipping Board, which had been formed in 1946 by the Australian Federal Government. [2]
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) was a union which covered waterside workers, seafarers, port workers, professional divers, and office workers associated with Australian ports. The MUA was formed in 1993 with merger of the Seamen's Union of Australia and the Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia. [1] In 2017 the MUA had about 16,000 ...
Adelaide River is a small but historically significant town located at the crossing of the Stuart Highway over the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory of Australia.The town is upstream of the Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains Important Bird Area.
Australia's internet regulator says X refused to take down a video of a high-profile stabbing in Sydney that was watched by Axel Rudakubana just before he murdered three young girls in Southport.
In Australia, the Fairstar would retain her name, with the operation was renamed P&O-Sitmar Cruises, then in 1991 became P&O Holidays. [2] The majority of Sitmar's operational and under construction fleet were transferred to P&O subsidiary Princess Cruises and renamed, officially ending the era of Sitmar Cruises.
Thomas Francis Meagher (/ m ɑːr / MAR; 3 August 1823 – 1 July 1867 [1]) was an Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848.After being convicted of sedition, he was first sentenced to death but received transportation for life to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) in Australia.