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Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30) and Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00). [1] Time is regulated by the individual state governments, [2] some of which observe daylight saving time (DST).
Xinjiang Time Canonical +06:00 +06:00 +06 asia The Asia/Urumqi entry in the tz database reflected the use of Xinjiang Time by part of the local population. Consider using Asia/Shanghai for Beijing Time if that is preferred. RU: Asia/Ust-Nera: MSK+07 - Oymyakonsky Canonical +10:00 +10:00 +10 europe LA: Asia/Vientiane: Link † +07:00 +07:00 +07 ...
These jurisdictions changed on 27 August 2000. South Australia did not change until the regular time, which that year was on 29 October. In 2006, all states that followed daylight-saving time (the above listed states plus South Australia) delayed the return to their respective Standard Times by a week, due to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in ...
With the powerful DC-7B's extra range, SAA could skip Réunion completely. The remaining difference was SAA's service terminated in Perth where Qantas' continued on to Sydney via Melbourne. [10] in 1963 Qantas introduced its Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft to the route, reducing the flight time to around 26 hours 30 minutes. [11]
The Sydney–Perth rail corridor is a 1435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge railway route that runs for 4352 kilometres (2704 mi) across Australia from Sydney, New South Wales, to Perth, Western Australia. [1] Most of the route is under the control of the Australian Rail Track Corporation. [2]
Western Australia has three named freeways – Kwinana Freeway, Mitchell Freeway, and Graham Farmer Freeway – but in addition has several highways that are in the process of being upgraded to full freeway standard and are considered part of the Perth freeway network. Their designation may remain as a highway though due to state restrictions ...
The rivalry between the cities was the reason that neither Melbourne (the largest city at the time, and again the largest city by contiguous urban area in 2023 [1]) nor Sydney (the oldest city) was chosen as the capital of Australia when the nation was federated in 1901. The rivalry was so fierce that neither city would accept the other as the ...
The Broken Hill railway line, extending 801 kilometres (498 miles) from Orange, New South Wales to Broken Hill, is now part of the transcontinental rail corridor from Sydney to Perth. The first railway line in New South Wales opened from Sydney to Parramatta Junction (near Granville station) in 1855 and was extended as the Main Western line in ...