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Daylight saving time is not currently used in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, or Queensland. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands uses UTC+06:30 year round, Christmas Island uses UTC+07:00 year round, while Norfolk Island uses UTC+11:00 as standard time and UTC+12:00 as daylight saving time.
This is the only time zone in the world that uses 30-minute DST transitions. AU: Australia/Melbourne: Victoria Canonical +10:00 +11:00: AEST: AEDT: australasia AU: Australia/North: Link +09:30 +09:30: ACST: backward Link to Australia/Darwin: AU: Australia/NSW: Link +10:00 +11:00: AEST: AEDT: backward Link to Australia/Sydney: AU: Australia ...
Australian time zones during daylight-saving time (from southern spring to southern autumn). Daylight saving time (DST) is currently observed in the Australian states of New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria, as well as the Australian Capital Territory, Jervis Bay Territory and Norfolk Island.
Western Australia was the most reluctant participant in the Commonwealth of Australia. [72] Western Australia did not participate in the earliest federation conference. Longer-term residents of Western Australia were generally opposed to federation; however, the discovery of gold brought many immigrants from other parts of Australia.
The maximum service speed on Australian railways is 160 km/h (99 mph). Some trains in Australia are capable of high-speed operation, but are limited by track conditions. Regional and inter-city rail is extensive on the Australian mainland, with networks serving New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia.
Map of Australia. This is a list of places (local government areas) in Australia which have standing links to local communities in other countries.In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Some pronunciations also differ from those used in the rest of Australia. For example: Loquat: people from WA tend to pronounce loquat with a "k" sound /ˈləʉkət/ instead of the "kw" (/ˈləʉkwɔt,-wət/) used elsewhere. [citation needed] Derby: both the name of the city in northern Western Australia and the cross-town rivalry or horse race.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Australia is 50.7 °C (123.3 °F), which was recorded on 2 January 1960 at Oodnadatta, South Australia, and 13 January 2022 at Onslow, Western Australia. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Australia is −23.0 °C (−9.4 °F), at Charlotte Pass, New South Wales