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The Australian bush "The bush" is a term mostly used in the English vernacular of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, where it is largely synonymous with hinterlands or backwoods. The fauna and flora contained within the bush is typically native to the region, although exotic species may also be present.
Coprosma repens is a species of flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Coprosma, in the family Rubiaceae, native to New Zealand. [1] Common names include taupata, tree bedstraw, [2] mirror bush, looking-glass bush, New Zealand laurel and shiny leaf. [3] [4] [5]
George H. W. Bush: December 31, 1991 – January 3, 1992: Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne: Met with Prime Minister Paul Keating and senior Australian officials. Addressed the Australian Parliament. [4] Bill Clinton: November 19–23, 1996: Sydney, Canberra, Port Douglas: State Visit. Addressed Parliament and visited the Great Barrier Reef. [5 ...
Australia World War I recruitment poster depicts an Australian soldier in the Dardanelles using the "Coo-ee" to summon reinforcements from Australia, 1915. Cooee! (/ ˈ k uː iː /) is a shout that originated in Australia to attract attention, find missing people, or to indicate one's own location.
Many parts of eastern Australia including Queensland, New South Wales and Gippsland, in Victoria, were already in drought. [1] Above normal fire was also predicted for large parts of Southern Australia and Eastern Australia by the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC. The forecast noted that Queensland had recorded the ninth driest and fourth ...
The developing drought in Australia and well below-average rainfall through winter and spring of 2002 established conditions conducive to above-average bushfire potential. During the 2002–03 season, there were 5,999 bushfires attended by the relevant agency Australia-wide and 7 fatalities, 4 of those from the January Canberra fires.
The Black Friday bushfires of 13 January 1939, in Victoria, Australia, were part of the devastating 1938–1939 bushfire season in Australia, which saw bushfires burning for the whole summer, and ash falling as far away as New Zealand. It was calculated that three-quarters of the State of Victoria was directly or indirectly affected by the ...
Main Western Railway Line at Mount Victoria 1 February 1898 Red Tuesday bushfires: Victoria 260,000 640,000 12 0 2,000 [10] [11] [12] February – March 1926: 1926 bushfires: Victoria 390,000 960,000 60 1,000 0 [13] 13 January 1939: Black Friday bushfires: Victoria 2,000,000 4,900,000 71 3,700 0 [5] 14 January – 14 February 1944 1944 ...