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A record strong monsoon gave an average rainfall over Australia of 231.69 millimetres (9.12 in), which beat the previous record by 105.11 millimetres (4.14 in), [1] resulting in the heaviest flood of Lake Eyre for at least 500 years.
The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the last glacial period. [1] [2] Arriving by sea, they settled the continent and had formed approximately 250 distinct language groups by the time of European settlement, maintaining some of the longest known continuing artistic and religious traditions in the world.
The term of Australian parliaments is determined by the opening and dissolution (or expiration) of the House of Representatives. The Senate is not normally dissolved at all, except at a double dissolution, when the entire parliament is dissolved. Parliaments do not have a fixed term. The maximum term permitted by section 28 of the Constitution of Australia is three years, counted from the date ...
(1974–1977) 19 October 1974 13 August 1977 2 years, 267 days 1974 1977 166. AUS: Sir Edmund Barton (1849–1920) GCMG KC: Protectionist: MP for Hunter, NSW (1901–1903) 1 January 1901 24 September 1903 2 years, 266 days 1901 167. TAS: Jeremy Rockliff (1970–) Liberal: MHA for Braddon (2002–) 8 April 2022: Incumbent: 2 years, 284 days [3 ...
Tennis: Naomi Osaka defeats Petra Kvitová 7–6 (7–2), 5–7, 6–4 at Melbourne Park in the final of the 2019 Australian Open women's singles. [50] 27 January – Tennis: Novak Djokovic defeats Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 at Melbourne Park in the final of the 2019 Australian Open men's singles. [51]
The COVID-19 pandemic in Australia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first confirmed case in Australia was identified on 25 January 2020, in Victoria, when a man who had returned from Wuhan, China, tested positive for SARS ...
The human history of Australia, however, commences with the arrival of the first ancestors of Aboriginal Australians by sea from Maritime Southeast Asia between 50,000 and 65,000 years ago, and continues to the present day multicultural democracy. Aboriginal Australians settled throughout continental Australia and many nearby islands.
A Dictionary of Australian Military History – from Colonial Times to the Gulf War (1992) Hearn, Mark, Harry Knowles, and Ian Cambridge. One Big Union: A History of the Australian Workers Union 1886–1994 (1998) Hutton, Drew, and Libby Connors. History of the Australian Environment Movement (1999) excerpt and text search; Kelly, Paul.