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1980 Australian Drivers' Championship

Didier Pironi (Elfin MR8 Chevrolet), who finished third in the Australian Grand Prix

1993 Ansett Australian Indoor Championships

The 1993 Ansett Australian Indoor Championships was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney in Australia and was part of the Championship Series of the 1993 ATP Tour.

2010–11 Australian Baseball League team rosters

The 2010–11 Australian Baseball League season will be the inaugural season of the re-launched Australian Baseball League, contested between six teams representing the mainland national and state capitals: Adelaide Bite, Brisbane Bandits, Canberra Cavalry, Melbourne Aces, Perth Heat and Sydney Blue Sox.

3PM Pick-Up

3PM Pick-Up is an Australian drive radio show with Chrissie Swan & Jane Hall.

A-dec

The company has affiliations with the American Association of Women Dentists, American Dental Association, American Student Dental Association, Dental Trade Alliance, National Dental Association, British Dental Health Foundation, and Australian Dental Industry Association among others.

Aaron Rule

He is the private secretary and advisor to former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.

Adam Macrow

Adams formula ford title was the first title for the Australian manufacturer of Spectrum Cars, which to this day have run drivers such as Mark Winterbottom and John Martin

Alex Tobin

In 2008, the PFA Tobin Medal was inaugurated by the Australian Professional Footballers Association (PFA).

Angela Menzies-Wills

Angela Menzies-Wills is an Australian Actress from Melbourne known for roles in films such as Fantasm Comes Again, Felicity, Leonora,Pacific Banana and Coming Of Age.

Arthur Dignam

He played Pontius Pilate in the Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar in 1972–73, and appears on the original Australian cast recording.

Australian rules football in the Middle East

Australian Rules in Israel has been played sporadically since at least 1995, when a group of around 20 players began regular social matches in Tel Aviv, although most of the players were based in Jerusalem.

Bethlehem College, Ashfield

Sarah Oh - Winner of the 2006 Australian Junior Golf Championship.

Bobonaro District

It was also the site of the killing of five Australian-based journalists (the Balibo Five) by Indonesian forces on October 16, 1975 during an incursion by Indonesia into what was then Portuguese Timor.

Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute

Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute was founded by Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian nurse, whose unconventional treatment for polio survivors led to today’s innovative rehabilitation therapy methods and techniques.

Crippin

Arch Crippin, an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1930s

David Harding

Dave Harding, English footballer for Wrexham and Australian teams

Edward Dunn

Teddy Dunn (Edward Wilkes Dunn, born 1980), Australian actor

Exercise Pitch Black

Although the 2000, 2004 and 2006 exercises were held in the Northern Territory, the 2002 exercise was scaled down and held at RAAF Bases Amberley and Williamtown, on the Australian east coast.

Federation for a Democratic China

In 2005 Chen Yonglin, then Chinese consulate-general working in Sydney, defected to the Australian government by a formal claim for political asylum.

Fikadu

Abebe Fekadu (born 1970), Ethiopian-Australian Paralympic weightlifter

Gary Cosier

Born and raised in Melbourne, Cosier attended University High School, where he captained the First XI and represented the Australian junior team in the West Indies.

Gasnier

Mark Gasnier (born 1981), Australian rugby league player, and nephew of Reg

George Moysey

When the Marylebone Cricket Club toured Australia in 1907/08, Moysey was picked in the Western Australian team to play them at the WACA Ground.

Henry Melville

Henry Melville (1799-1873) was an Australian author and journalist best remembered for writing the play The Bushrangers.

History of the Australian Army

In June, the British government sought permission from the Australian colonies to dispatch ships from the Australian Squadron to China with Naval Brigade reservists, who had been trained in both ship handling and soldiering to fulfil their coastal defence role.

I Have But One Heart

The song was recorded in 2008 by Australian singer Alfio for his album Classic Rewinds which pays tribute to Vic Damone, Al Martino and 13 other popular Italian-American singers.

Ian Burcher

While this squad is not in the top twenty-eight and separate from the Olympic training coach, the Australian coach Ric Charlesworth did not rule out selecting from only the training squad, with players from the Olympic development having a chance at possibly being called up to represent Australia at the Olympics.

Indecent exposure in the United States

In 1907, Annette Kellerman, an Australian swimmer, was arrested on a Boston beach for public indecency for wearing her trademark one-piece swimsuit.

Iwai

I'wai, the culture hero of the Koko Y'ao in Australian Aboriginal mythology

Jack Marx

In 1999, he became editor of Australian Style, causing controversy when he assigned accused anti-Semite author Helen Darville to interview British Holocaust denier David Irving.

Jill Kitson

She previously worked as a literary editor for the publisher McPhee Gribble and is a past judge of the Miles Franklin Award, an Australian award for fiction, and the Australian/Vogel Literary Award, an award for a work of fiction by a writer under 35 years.

John Aloisi

Aloisi appeared on the cover of the Australian version of Pro Evolution Soccer 6.

Jon Stratton

Jonathon, or Jonathan, (Jon) Stratton is an Australian academic currently serving as Professor of Cultural Studies at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia.

Lucette

Lucette Aldous (born 1938), Australian ballet dancer and ballet teacher

Marchant

Stephen Marchant (1912–2003), Australian geologist and amateur ornithologist

Mark Riley

Mark Riley (swimmer) (born 1982), Australian swimmer, competed at the 2004 Oceania Swimming Championships

McKinna

Lawrie McKinna (born 1961), Scottish-Australian footballer and manager

Michael Gudinski

Gudinski is mostly known for forming the highly successful Australian record company Mushroom Records in 1972 through whom he signed several generations of Australian musicians and performers ranging from MacKenzie Theory, the Skyhooks, The Choirboys, Kylie Minogue, and New Zealand's Split Enz to newer artists such as Eskimo Joe, Evermore and others forging a string of successful releases by local talent.

MS Aramis

Three-hundred of these POWs were sent to Fukuoka Camp 6 in Orio, 350 POWs were sent to Fukuoka Camp 21 in Nakama, 100 Dutch POWs were sent to Fukuoka Camp 9 Miyata, and 250 including 150 Australian POWs were allocated to Mitsui to work in their coal mines at PW Fukuoka Camp 17 in Ōmuta.

MultiWeb Internet Browser

The browser was developed by the Equity Access Research and Development Group at Deakin University under a grant from the Australian Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services.

Naoya Tsukahara

In 2009, he moved to Australia, competing and winning at the 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013 Australian National Gymnastics Championships, and winning 2nd place behind Joshua Jefferis in 2012.

Paul Barry

In 2006, Barry released a biography on Australian cricketer Shane Warne, called Spun Out.

Run to Paradise

The song returned to the Australian singles charts in Australia in July 2004 when dance producer Nick Skitz asked Gable to sing "Run to Paradise" on a dance reworking.

Simon Hunt

Pauline Pantsdown (also known as Simon Hunt), Australian satirist and former Australian Senate candidate

Song for a Sleepwalker

Song for a Sleepwalker was the second single to be released from the album The Official Fiction by Australian rock group Something for Kate.

Takariya Napaltjarri

'Napaljarri' (in Warlpiri) or 'Napaltjarri' (in Western Desert dialects) is a skin name, one of sixteen used to denote the subsections or subgroups in the kinship system of central Australian Indigenous people.

The Slim Dusty Movie

Directed by Rob Stewart (whose credits include 1983's For the Term of His Natural Life) and with cinematograhpy by David Eggby (Mad Max, 1979), the film features Australian landscapes prominently and is essentially a biographical documentary.

Tony Messner

He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2004 for "service to the Australian Parliament, to Norfolk Island as Administrator, and to the community, particularly veterans and their families".

Western Road Liners

Western Road Liners is an Australian bus and coach company operating route, school and charter services in Parkes.

Yolŋu languages

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu A popular Australian singer who sings in the Gumatj dialect of the Yolngu language.


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