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- Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
16: ... Victoria became [[heir presumptive|heiress-presumptive]] to the throne. Since the law at that time ma...
25: ...hildless, Ernest Augustus was also the heir-presumptive to the British throne.
27: ... the [[Whig]] Party, which had been in power, except for brief intervals, since [[1830]]. The Whig Pri...
37: ...tributed the plot to supporters of the heir-presumptive, the King of Hanover. These conspiracy theorie...
39: ... Eight more children would be born during the exceptionally happy marriage between Victoria and Prince... - Australia (39438 bytes)
56: ...dopted. In 1824 the British Admiralty finally accepted that the continent should be known officially a...
63: ...[Torres Strait Islands]] and parts of far north [[Queensland]], they have distinct cultural practices and prac...
65: ...hat they called [[New Holland]], but made no attempt at settlement. In 1770 [[James Cook]] was the fir...
67: ...n Australia was also founded "free" but later accepted transported convicts due to an acute labour sho...
69: ...h Court of Australia|High Court]] case ''[[Mabo v Queensland (No 2)]]'' overturned the notion of Australia as ... - Koala (10686 bytes)
2: ... | image = [[Image:Tak_koala.jpg|none|200px]] | caption = Illustration of a Koala Bear.
26: ...y, grey in colour, and have shorter, thinner fur. Queensland koalas were previously classified as the subspeci...
28: ==Physical description==
35: ...t night. An average koala eats 500 grams of eucalyptus leaves each day, chewing them in their powerful... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ... zones''' are areas of the [[Earth]] that have adopted the same standard [[time]], usually referred to...
19: *[[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]: UTC + 2 (e.g. if it is 23:00 UTC on Monday 15 ...
33: ...mber 2]], [[1868]], [[New Zealand]] officially adopted a standard time to be observed nationally, and ...
35: ...able exception was [[Detroit, Michigan]], which kept local time until [[1900]], then vacillated betwee...
37: ...rable." Nevertheless, most major countries had adopted hourly time zones by [[1929]]. Even today, they... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The Gregoria...
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
15: ...discovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
28: *[[1892]] - [[Ellis Island]] opens to begin accepting immigrants to the [[United States]].
33: ... - The British colonies of [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[South Aus... - Labour Day (7088 bytes)
7: ...David Thompson|John Thompson]], although the concept of a Labour Day actually originated with marches ...
9: ... though the two governments were encouraged to adopt May 1 as Labor Day, the date celebrated by the ma...
19: ... the official state endorsement, the NSDAP's attempt to appropriate it left no long-term resentment.
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: ...unripe.jpg|250px|Immature Black Mango fruit]] | caption = Immature Black Mango fruit}}
14: ''M. camptosperma''<br>
34: ...language|Tamil]] word ''man-kay'', which was corrupted to ''manga'' by the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] whe...
38: == Description ==
79: **'Kensington Pride' (also known as '[[Bowen, Queensland|Bowen]] Special' - Cassowary (5017 bytes)
2: ...Image:Kasuaris.jpg|200px|Southern Cassowary]] | caption = Southern Cassowary}}
26: ... accessible Southern Cassowary of the far north [[Queensland]] [[rain forest]]s is not well understood.
36: ...wever, in some locations such as [[Mission Beach, Queensland]], [[tourism]] involving the birds has been launc... - Bilby (4570 bytes)
2: ...Taxobox image | image = [[Image:bilby_2.jpg]] | caption = ''Greater bilby''}}
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)
7: ...unks or board shorts. In cold water surfers can opt to wear wetsuits, booties, hoods, and gloves to m...
34: **[[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], in particular [[Surfers Paradise]]
83: ...gative social connotations, despite the best attempts of various commercial marketing strategies.
85: ...elled "Surf's up!" the office would suddenly be empty. - Charles Kingsford Smith (4894 bytes)
4: Kingsford Smith was born in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]], and was one of seven children. ...
6: ...nited States|Americans]] [[James Warner]] and [[Captain Harry Lyon]] (who were the [[radio operator]],... - Tobacco smoking (36030 bytes)
4: ...North America, where tobacco is native. It was adopted by many Europeans following the [[European colo...
8: ...ncreases with quantity and speed of nicotine absorption.
10: ...gesture; it is considered bad form to refuse, except in the cases where there is only one cigarette le...
22: ...at of accidental fires, usually linked with consumption of alcohol. Numerous cigarette designs have be...
48: ...ls in the soil, as with any plant, but are also captured on the sticky surface of the tobacco leaves i... - Amusement park (17293 bytes)
26: ...ney]] is credited with having originated the concept of the themed [[amusement park]]. [[Disneyland]] ...
38: ...]], moved towards the more modern theme park-concept as well as rotating new [[roller coaster]]s and m...
61: ...orld]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]
91: ...World]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] - Rainforest (6551 bytes)
16: ...l be smaller. The large leaf surface helps intercept light in the sun-dappled lower strata of the fore...
18: ... climbers or [[liana]]s. Plants with epiphytic adaptations, allowing them to grow on top of existing t...
22: Exceptionally thin bark, often only 1-2 mm thick. Usuall...
35: ... and in much of [[Indonesia]] east and south to [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. Temperate rainforests are found... - Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
3: ...s located in the [[Coral Sea]] off the coast of [[Queensland]] in north-east [[Australia]]. It stretches over ...
5: ...an explorer to see the Great Barrier Reef was [[Captain James Cook]] during his [[1768]] voyage. Cook ...
7: ...cuba diving|scuba divers]]. Many cities along the Queensland coast offer boat trips to the reef on a daily bas...
14: ... north eastern Australia has no major rivers, except during tropical flood events caused by cyclones (... - World Heritage Site (2339 bytes)
1: ...n Rainforest Reserves]]''' World Heritage site in Queensland, [[Australia]].]]
6: ...World Cultural and Natural Heritage'' that was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 Novem... - Wombat (7860 bytes)
2: ...Wombat-in-snow.jpg|250px|Wombat in the snow]] | caption = Wombat in the snow}}
25: ...mountain districts as far north as the south of [[Queensland]], but is declining in Western [[Victoria (Austra...
29: ... wild colony, and because more than a decade of captive breeding research with Common and Southern Hai...
32: ...ear of humans. They can be awkwardly tamed in a captive situation, and even coaxed to be patted and he...
43: ...g the day at zoos, has led to the popular misconception that wombats are timid and shy creatures. - Platypus (21900 bytes)
2: ...age = [[Image:Ornithorhynchidae-00.jpg|200px]]| caption = Platypus}}
18: ...characteristic of monotremes, as opposed to an adaptation on the part of the small number of surviving...
24: ... is not found in other mammals. It also has a [[reptile]]-like gait, with legs that are on the sides o...
28: ...cture is much like that of other mammals. One exception is that their testicles are inside their body,...
30: ...heir paired ovaries resemble those of birds and reptiles. Although the platypus has two separate ovari... - Drawbridge (1215 bytes)
9: In [[Queensland]], diamond crossings between narrow gauge cane tr... - List of dog breeds (16959 bytes)
456: *Queensland Heeler - see [[Australian Cattle Dog]]
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