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- Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...] from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more...
12: ... Duke of York were already married, but estranged from their wives) and father children to provide an ...
14: ...anguage|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Da...
20: ... own marital surname was. After examining records from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha archives, they reported t...
23: [[Image:queen_victoria.jpg|framed|left|A young Victoria is depicted at her coro... - Australia (39438 bytes)
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January]] [[1...
44: ...notes=<sup>1</sup>There are some minor variations from these three timezones, see [[Australian States ...
50: ...island]], [[Boigu Island]], is about 5 kilometres from Papua New Guinea. This has led to a complicated...
54: The name Australia derives from the [[Latin]] ''australis'', meaning ''southern...
55: ...w of [[Port Jackson]], taken from the South Head, from ''A Voyage to Terra Australis''. [[Sydney]] was... - Koala (10686 bytes)
20: ...t part of the bear family. The word "koala" comes from an [[aboriginal]] word meaning "does not drink"...
22: ...re found all along the eastern coast of Australia from near [[Adelaide]] to the base of the [[Cape Yor...
26: ...ales]] as ''P. cinereus cinereus''. The variation from one form to another is continuous, and there ar...
30: ...hildren]] delight in imitating) that can be heard from almost a [[kilometre]] away during the breeding...
35: ...nlarged to extract the maximum amount of nutrient from the poor quality diet. Much of this is done thr... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...solar time), resulting in time differing slightly from [[town]] to town. As [[telecommunication]]s imp...
6: ... for today's atomically measured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as ...
18: ...ones results in a time the other side of midnight from UTC, then the date at the location is one day l...
31: ... time signals were first transmitted by telegraph from the [[Royal Greenwich Observatory]]. Even thoug...
37: ...ime that is not offset by a number of whole hours from Greenwich Mean Time. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
15: ...8]] - [[Bouvet Island]] is discovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de ...
20: *[[1804]] - [[France|French]] rule ends in [[Haiti]].
22: ...] - [[Mary Shelley]]'s [[novel]] ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first ...
25: ...m under the [[Homestead Act]] is made by [[Daniel Freeman]] for a farm in [[Nebraska]].
26: *[[1869]] - [[Sigma Nu]] fraternity is officially founded at the [[Virginia M... - Labour Day (7088 bytes)
1: ...|AE]]) is an [[annual]] [[holiday]] that resulted from efforts of the [[labour union]] movement, to ce...
3: ...bourne]], [[Australia]], stopped work and marched from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House...
13: ...r Day. The explanations for this tradition range from the fact that white clothes are worse protectio...
19: ...], just one day later, on [[May 2]] [[1933]], all free unions were outlawed and destroyed. But since t...
25: ...nia]] (the latter calls it Eight Hours Day). In [[Queensland]] Labour Day is held on the first Monday in May. ... - Mango (12190 bytes)
2: ...ck Mango fruit]] | caption = Immature Black Mango fruit}}
34: ...nduism|Hindu]] Vedas. The name of the fruit comes from the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] word ''man-kay'', ...
36: ...go is reputed to be the most commonly eaten fresh fruit worldwide. Mangos also readily naturalize in t...
39: .... After the flowers fall off, the fruits may take from three to six months to ripen.
41: ...ctive, slightly sweet smell. In the center of the fruit (a '''[[drupe]]''') is a single flat, oblong s... - Cassowary (5017 bytes)
16: ...ey also eat [[fungi]], [[snail]]s, [[insect]]s, [[frog]]s, [[snake]]s and other small animals. Lifespa...
26: ... accessible Southern Cassowary of the far north [[Queensland]] [[rain forest]]s is not well understood.
28: ...ch]] and [[Emu]] are larger). "Cassowary" derives from the [[Malay language|Malay]] name ''kesuari''.
30: Adult Southern Cassowaries are 1.5 to 1.8 m (5½ feet) tall and weigh about 60 [[kilogram]]s ...
34: ...e eggs measure about 90 by 140 mm (3½ by 5½ inches) — only [[ostrich]] and [[emu]]... - Bilby (4570 bytes)
18: ... insects and their larvae, seeds, spiders, bulbs, fruit, fungi and very small animals. Most food is fo...
20: ...d moves between them, using them for shelter both from predators and the heat of the day.
24: ... [[fox (ecology)|fox]] predation, and competition from [[rabbit (ecology)|rabbit]]s. The last confirme...
26: ...troduction into [[Currawinya National Park]] in [[Queensland]]{{ref|CU}}.
30: {{note|CU}} Queensland Government (2004) [http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/natu... - Surfing (15219 bytes)
5: ...ppear, including [[France]], [[Brazil]], [[South Africa]], and many island states.
7: ... wax and/or traction pads (to keep a surfers feet from slipping off the deck of the board), interchang...
9: ...and often powerful appeal, which probably derives from an unusual confluence of elements: adrenaline, ...
11: The image of surfing powerfully differs from the sport in reality. Most people only see the...
13: ...en, including the level of difficulty, as well as frequency, of maneuvers. There is a professional su... - Charles Kingsford Smith (4894 bytes)
2: ...lete the more difficult eastward Pacific crossing from Australia to the [[United States]], in [[1934]]...
4: ...hnical High School]]). He was reportedly expelled from this school. At 16 he became an engineering app...
6: ...VII-3M monoplane. The flight was in three stages, from [[Oakland, California]] to [[Hawaii]], then to ...
10: ... its destination. Eighteen months later, wreckage from the aircraft was located off the south coast of...
12: ... on the Australian $20 paper note (in circulation from [[1966]] until [[1994]], when the $20 [[polymer... - Tobacco smoking (36030 bytes)
10: ...ter or match. One of the most common favors asked from a stranger is for a light; it is also done as a...
15: ...ury]], tobacco smoking was brought to Europe, and from there spread to the rest of the world.
17: ...rtrayed in advertising as part of a glamorous carefree lifestyle. This image continued to be prevalent...
37: ... he was usually seen to have a cigar clamped, was frequently remarked upon by the press and public.
39: ...ins. However, the practice of ingesting the smoke from a smoldering leaf generates an enormous number ... - Amusement park (17293 bytes)
9: ...r a remarkable example of a European park, dating from [[1843]] and still existing, see [[Tivoli Garde...
16: ...g the peak of the "golden age" of amusement parks from roughly the turn of the 20th century through th...
18: ...nging patterns in how people chose to spend their free time. Many of the older, traditional amusement ...
40: ...ting of the Red Sea" in [[1973]], a look at props from the movie ''[[Jaws (movie)|Jaws]]'' in [[1975]]...
42: ...s become larger than ever before, with everything from large, worldwide type theme parks such as Disne... - Rainforest (6551 bytes)
12: ...aracteristics of tropical trees. Tropical species frequently possess one or more of the following attr...
20: ...istics that distinguish tropical species of trees from those of temperate forests include:
24: ...evelopment of flowers (and hence fruits) directly from the trunk, rather than at the tips of branches.
26: Large fleshy fruits attract birds, mammals, and even fish as disp...
29: ...re. Nearly half of the medicines that we use come from the rainforests. - Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
3: ...es over 2000 kilometres in length and can be seen from space.
7: ...cuba diving|scuba divers]]. Many cities along the Queensland coast offer boat trips to the reef on a daily bas...
16: ...as declined owing to sediment and chemical runoff from farming, and to loss of coastal wetlands which ...
20: ... reef systems are naturally resilient and recover from storm battering. With an upward trend in temper...
22: ...eclines in water quality such as excess nutrients from farm runoff. About 1/3 of the entire system has... - World Heritage Site (2339 bytes)
1: ...n Rainforest Reserves]]''' World Heritage site in Queensland, [[Australia]].]]
5: ...t exact criteria]). Listed sites can obtain funds from the World Heritage Fund under certain condition...
11: *[[List of World Heritage Sites in Africa]] - Wombat (7860 bytes)
17: ...and dig extensive burrow systems with rodent-like front teeth and powerful claws. Although mainly [[cr...
25: ...mountain districts as far north as the south of [[Queensland]], but is declining in Western [[Victoria (Austra...
27: ...scattered areas of semi-arid scrub and [[mallee]] from the eastern [[Nullarbor Plain]] to the [[New So...
29: ...ing habitat, and that has become infested with [[African]] buffel grass, which out-competes the native...
34: ... Harry Frauca, once described a wound he suffered from an ill-tempered wombat that he got too close to... - Platypus (21900 bytes)
22: ...s. There is substantial variation in average size from one region to another, though oddly this patter...
24: ...typus [[jaw]] is constructed somewhat differently from that of other mammals, and the jaw opening [[mu...
30: ...e reproductive system, on the other hand, differs from other placental mammals. Their paired ovaries r...
44: ...he victim. That this could be the case is evident from the symptoms of platypus envenomation.
46: ...ghout the affected [[limb]]. Information obtained from [[case study|case histories]] and [[anecdotal e... - Drawbridge (1215 bytes)
3: ...s the bridge. These chains were usually operated from a floor higher than the drawbridge.
7: ...f crossing small waterways without blocking boats from passing, drawbridges have a more peaceful reaso...
9: In [[Queensland]], diamond crossings between narrow gauge cane tr... - List of dog breeds (16959 bytes)
1: ...he same ancestral lines, sometimes by mixing dogs from very different lines. The process continues to...
51: *[[Anglo-Francais de Petite Venerie]]
97:
125: *[[Braque Francais (Gascogne type)]]
126: *[[Braque Francais (Pyrenean type)]]
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