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The Commonwealth of Australia is a country
in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest
continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous other islands in the
Indian and Pacific Oceans.Note4 The neighbouring countries are Indonesia, East
Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New
Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast. Australia is the
only country that is also a continent.
The Australian mainland has been inhabited for more than 42,000 years by
indigenous Australians. After sporadic visits by fishermen from the north and
then European discovery by Dutch explorers in 1606, the eastern half of
Australia was later claimed by the British in 1770 and initially settled through
penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales, commencing on 26 January
1788. As the population grew and new areas were explored, another five largely
self-governing Crown Colonies were established during the 19th century.
On 1 January 1901, the six colonies became a federation, and the Commonwealth of
Australia was formed. Since federation, Australia has maintained a stable
liberal democratic political system and remains a Commonwealth realm. The
capital city is Canberra, located in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The
population is just over 21.3 million, with approximately 60% of the population
concentrated in and around the mainland state capitals of Sydney, Melbourne,
Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.
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About-Australia.com
About Australia is an Australian travel
guide including tours, accommodation, events, and Australian travel information,
if you're interested in the Australian way of life or want the facts about
Australia, you'll find everything you need right here!
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Australia.com
The Official Site of Tourism Australia.
Information about travelling to and around Australia. Learn about Australia's
cities, weather, geography and find hotels, transport and travel agents.
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Australia.gov.au
Australia.gov.au provides a single,
comprehensive entry point for access to Australian Government information and
services. It links to over 800 Australian Government websites and indexes
approximately 3 million Australian Government resources. The search service uses
both metadata and full text collections to ensure australia.gov.au is a
comprehensive government portal. While its primary audience is Australian
citizens, it receives many visitors from outside Australia, especially intending
tourists and migrants and people wishing to do business with Australia.
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Australia and New
Zealand Banking Group Limited
The Australia and New Zealand Banking
Group Limited (ASX:ANZ, NZX: ANZ), commonly called ANZ, is the fourth largest
bank in Australia, after the National Australia Bank, the Commonwealth Bank and
Westpac Banking Corporation. Australian operations make up the largest part of
ANZ's business, with commercial and retail banking dominating. ANZ is also the
largest bank in New Zealand, where the legal entity became known as ANZ National
Bank Limited in 2004 and where it operates two brands, ANZ and the National Bank
of New Zealand.
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Australia travel guide - Wikitravel
Australia is the only country in the world
that is an island and a whole continent itself. The country is aptly named - the
name comes from the Latin word australis, which means southern. World famous for
its natural wonders and wide open spaces, its beaches, deserts, "the bush", and
"the Outback", Australia is actually one of the world's most highly urbanised
countries. It is also well known for the cosmopolitan attractions of its large
cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation
which is usually known more simply as the 'ABC' in Australia, is Australia's
national public broadcaster. Known previously as the Australian Broadcasting
Commission. With a budget of AUD$840 million annually, the corporation provides
television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and
regional Australia, as well as overseas through the Australia Network and Radio
Australia. Through its commercial arm, ABC Commercial, the corporation runs a
chain of retail outlets, selling books, audio and video recordings, and other
merchandise related to its programs.
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Australian Securities Exchange
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
is the primary stock exchange in Australia. The ASX began as separate
state-based exchanges established as early as 1861. Today trading is
all-electronic and the exchange is a public company, listed on the exchange
itself.
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Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)
The Bureau of Meteorology is an Executive
Agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services
to Australia and surrounding areas. It was established in 1906 under the
Meteorology Act, and brought together the state meteorological services that
existed before then. The states officially transferred their weather recording
responsibilities to the Bureau of Meteorology on 1 January 1908.
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Business.gov.au
Whole-of-government service providing
essential information on planning, starting and running a business. Offers
access to all business related government assistance, information and services.
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Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia)
The Department of Immigration and
Citizenship (DIAC) is an Australian Government department. In 2004, the then
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) had
an annual operating budget of AUD$700 million.
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Domain.com.au
Real estate for sale and rental properties
throughout Australia. Includes agent search, auction results and real estate
news.
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EBay.com.au
Auction sales with a focus on Australian
buyers and sellers. Includes policies, search by product type, and links into
the international site for additional listings.
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Google Australia
Google search engine for Australia,
including Image Search, Google News, and the option of searching Australian web
sites only.
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Google News Australia
Aggregated headlines and search engine for
many news services. Articles are grouped by story.
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Government of New South Wales
The form of the Government of New South
Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has
been amended many times since then. Since 1901, New South Wales has been a state
of the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Australian Constitution regulates its
relationship with the Commonwealth. Under the Australian Constitution, New South
Wales ceded certain legislative and judicial powers to the Commonwealth, but
retained complete independence in all other areas. The New South Wales
Constitution says: "The Legislature shall, subject to the provisions of the
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, have power to make laws for the
peace, welfare, and good government of New South Wales in all cases whatsoever."
In practice, however, the independence of the Australian states has been greatly
eroded by the increasing financial domination of the Commonwealth.
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Government of Queensland
The Government of Queensland is commonly
known as the Queensland Government. The form of the Government of Queensland is
prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1859, although it has been
amended many times since then. Since 1901 Queensland has been a state of the
Commonwealth of Australia, and the Australian Constitution regulates its
relationship with the Commonwealth.
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Government of Victoria (Australia)
The Government of Victoria, under the
Constitution of Australia, ceded certain legislative and judicial powers to the
Commonwealth, but retained complete independence in all other areas. The
Victorian Constitution says: "the Legislature of Victoria has full power and
authority." In practice, however, the independence of the Australian states has
been greatly eroded by the increasing financial domination of the Commonwealth.
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Gumtree
Gumtree is a network of free online
classifieds and community websites and is one of the top 20 websites in the UK.
Local sites exist for Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, Poland,
Singapore, South Africa, the UK and the USA. The main categories are flat
share/house share and for rent, goods for sale, community, friends and dating,
jobs and business services.
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News.com.au
News, finance, sport, entertainment,
motoring, technology, employment, homes, classifieds, weather and community
information from News Limited newspapers around the nation.
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Herald Sun
The Herald Sun is a morning tabloid
newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia. It is published by The Herald and
Weekly Times Ltd (HWT), a subsidiary of News Limited and owned by Rupert
Murdoch's News Corporation. It primarily serves Melbourne and the rest of the
state of Victoria, and shares many articles with other News Limited paid daily
newspapers, especially those from Australia.
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ninemsn
ninemsn is an Australian 50/50 joint
venture between Microsoft and PBL Media. It effectively acts as the website for
both the Nine Network and MSN, and is one of Australia's most popular websites.
Its popularity is largely a result of it being the default homepage for Internet
Explorer 6 users in Australia, as well as being the website that automatically
appears when Australian users sign out of Windows Live Hotmail.
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Real Estate Australia
Real estate and property listings.
Includes information on buying and selling, tips on building, an auction
timetable and other helpful resources.
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SEEK
SEEK is Australia's number one jobs site.
Search or browse jobs across Australia. Find work or recruit the ideal
candidate. SEEK and you shall find.
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Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily
broadsheet newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia. The
newspaper's Sunday edition, The Sun-Herald, is published in tabloid format.
Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the SMH is the oldest
continuously-published newspaper in Australia.
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The Age
The Age is a broadsheet daily newspaper,
which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. The Age was founded
by three Melbourne businessmen, the brothers John Cooke and Henry Cooke who had
arrived from New Zealand in the 1840s, and Walter Powell. The first edition
appeared on 17 October 1854.
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The Australian
The Australian, also referred to as The
Oz, is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia Monday through Saturday
each week since 1964. The editor is Chris Mitchell, the 'editor-at-large' is
Paul Kelly. The Australian is the biggest-selling national newspaper in the
country, its chief rival being the business-focussed Australian Financial
Review, with weekday sales of 135,000 and Saturday sales of 305,000. These
figures are substantially below those enjoyed by metropolitan dailies in the
major cities. The Australian is published by News Limited, which also owns the
sole or most popular metropolitan daily in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane,
Adelaide, Hobart and Darwin.
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Whirlpool Broadband News
Community-run site focusing on broadband
in Australia.
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Yahoo!7
The Yahoo! for Australia, together with
Channel 7. Free web mail, tv guide, news, sports, shopping, dating, search and
much more.
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Yellow Pages
Searchable database lists more than two
million Australian businesses by name, product or service type, as well as by
location.
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Newspapers, Magazines, Radio, Television,
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