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Australian Geographic magazine, originally titled Dick Smith's Australian Geographic, is a bi-monthly geographical journal created by Dick Smith in 1986. [1] The magazine focuses mainly on stories about Australia, or about Australian people in other countries.
In 1986, Smith founded Australian Geographic Pty Ltd, which published the Australian Geographic magazine, a National Geographic-style magazine focusing on Australia. Smith did not want to greatly expand Australian Geographic , but his friend and CEO Ike Bain persuaded him to change his mind and soon it was a successful business.
Andrew McAuley (born 7 August 1968; presumed dead 9–12 February 2007) was an Australian mountaineer and sea kayaker.He is presumed to have died following his disappearance at sea while attempting to kayak 1600 km (994 mi) across the Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand in February 2007.
Petroglyph of male and female dancers, in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.. Sydney rock engravings, or Sydney rock art, are a form of Australian Aboriginal rock art in the sandstone around Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, that consist of carefully drawn images of people, animals, or symbols. [1]
DSG Holdings Australia Pty Ltd, trading as Discount Superstores Group was a discount variety retailer in Australia, formed in 2013 following the liquidation of former company Retail Adventures. It owned the Sam's Warehouse and Crazy Clark's brands, operating 143 stores. [1] It is owned by Australian-New Zealand businesswoman Jan Cameron.
The company was the largest cooperative in Australia, and the second largest book seller. In 2004 it produced a turnover of $75 million. [3] In 2013, the company acquired book distributor Central Books Services (since renamed Co Info). [4] In August 2016 the company acquired the Australian Geographic retail chain. [5]
The idea behind Novica came to a group of co-founders at Stanford University in 1995 who collectively felt there must be a better way for artisans in developing nations to sell their goods to customers around the world.
With sponsorship provided by Australian Geographic, amongst others, it would take Macartney-Snape three months to achieve this goal. This was the first time anyone had walked from sea level and reached the top of Mt Everest, as even the first expeditions started from Kathmandu , at 1400m above sea level.