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The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills.
Aboriginal people with ties to the region seek to maintain their culture today, [10] despite a long period of forced removal from their lands following European occupation in the late 19th-early 20th century. [11] [12] Yidinji (also known as Yidinj, Yidiny, and Idindji) is a local Australian Aboriginal language.
East Antarctica: West Antarctica: Australia: East Australian Basins: Carpentaria Basin: Gulf of Carpentaria: Kynuna Platform: Great Artesian Basin: Wilcannia Threshold Murray Basin: Naracoorte Platform Encounter Shelf East Australian Cordillera: Cape York Platform: Coen Belt Torres Strait Islands: North Queensland Highlands: Chillagoe Belt ...
Cordillera Central of Luzon and Southern Pacific Cordillera of Mindanao in the Philippines; Cordilleras Béticas, Central and Cantábrica (including the Picos de Europa) in Spain; East Australian Cordillera, more commonly known as the Great Dividing Range, the most significant topographic feature of the east coast of Australia
Contemporary Australia is also a culture that is profoundly influenced by global movements of meaning and communication, including advertising culture. In turn, globalising corporations from Holden to Exxon have attempted to associate their brand with Australian cultural identity. This process intensified from the 1970s onwards.
Contemporary Australian culture reflects the country's Indigenous traditions, Anglo-Celtic heritage, and post-1945 history of multicultural immigration. [428] [429] [430] The culture of the United States has also been influential. [431] The evolution of Australian culture since British colonisation has given rise to distinctive cultural traits ...
Australian Aboriginal culture includes a number of practices and ceremonies centered on a belief in the Dreamtime and other mythology. Reverence and respect for the land and oral traditions are emphasised. The words "law" and "lore", the latter relating to the customs and stories passed down through the generations, are commonly used ...
The Warrumbungles is a mountain range in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia.The nearest town is Coonabarabran.The area is easiest accessed from the Newell Highway which is the major road link directly between Melbourne, Victoria and Brisbane, Queensland and cuts across inland New South Wales from the north to the south.