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unusual facts about Phillip, Australian Capital Territory


Canberra Knights

The team plays its home games at the Phillip Swimming & Ice Skating Centre in Phillip, a suburb of Australia's capital city, Canberra.


1946–47 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The starting lineup included 4 of the 5 Whiz Kids, guards Smiley and Vance, forwards Phillip and Ken Menke as well as All-American guard Walt Kirk and Fred Green at center.

1981–82 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland

AUSTRALIA: Roger Gould, Mitchell Cox, Andrew Slack (c), Michael Hawker (rep Mick Martin 48 min), Brendan Moon, Paul McLean, John Hipwell (rep Phillip Cox 65 min), Tony D'Arcy, Chris Carberry, Declan Curran, Tony Shaw (c), Peter McLean, Simon Poidevin, Greg Cornelsen, Mark Loane.

A Little More Livin'

#"On Again Tonight" (Jimmy Melton, Phillip White, Marv Green) – 3:40

Ashley Underwood

Since the beginning of the game, Underwood was part of a majority alliance with Andrea Boehlke, Grant Mattos, Natalie Tenerelli, Phillip Sheppard, and Rob Mariano.

Australian Capital Territory Ice Hockey Association

The Australian Capital Territory Ice Hockey Association (ACTIHA) was formed as the Australian Capital Territory's branch for Ice Hockey Australia.

Australian heritage law

Australian heritage laws exist at the national (Commonwealth) level, and at each of Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia state levels.

Basque civil law

The Spaniard King Phillip V by means of the New Jurisdictional Decrees abolished the main part of both Public Law institutions and sources in the Spanish regions of Aragon, Valencia, Cataluña and the Balearic Islands.

Beth Raines

James was running a Ponzi scheme and even when Phillip helped clear the charges against him, he resented Phillip's return.

Beyondblue

The chairman of beyondblue is Jeff Kennett, former Premier of Victoria, and its CEO is Kate Carnell, former Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory.

Blue Orchids

Phillip Toby Toman, an ex-member of The Durutti Column, joined on drums when Ian Rogers left the group after the Echo & the Bunnymen tour (he later went on to play for Primal Scream under the name Toby Tomanov).

Brindabella Ranges

The most northerly ski fields in Australia are located in the A.C.T. - in the Brindabella Ranges and include the Namadgi National Park in the A.C.T. and Bimberi Nature Reserve and Brindabella National Park in New South Wales.

David Caldicott

Dr. David Caldicott is an Irish Emergency Consultant at the Emergency Department of the Calvary Hospital in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

Dead Ends and Girlfriends

Primarily composed of original material, the album contains three cover songs, "Miz" by Kevin Doss & The Humdingers, "I Want It That Way" by Max Martin and Andreas Carlsson, as popularised by the Backstreet Boys, and the theme from the television series "Fraggle Rock" by Dennis Lee and Phillip Balsam, credited with the altered title of "Fraggle Rawk".

Earl Schmidt

Earl Schmidt was born November 27, 1929 to Phillip and Emma Schmidt on a dairy farm in Cologne, Minnesota.

Frankston High School

The names for each of the houses come from early explorers of Victoria and the Port Phillip region - George Bass, William Collins, Matthew Flinders, and John Murray.

Geology of South Australia

The state of South Australia, which stretches along the coast of the continent and has boundaries with every other state in Australia, with the exception of the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania.

Hillclimbing in the United States

On August 15, 1965, Phillip Lyman, of Ten Sleep, Wyoming, won the fifth annual TenSleep Canyon hillclimb, driving a Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray, in a time of 4:48.1 sec.

International Festival of Animated Objects

Past programming has included Canadian marionette superstar Ronnie Burkett, BC spectacle artists Three on the Tree, Tsimphisan carver Victor Reece, Cirque du Soleil artist Mooky Cornish, Phillip Huber (of "Being John Malkovich" marionette fame), Frank Meschkuleit ("Bride of Chucky", "The Left Hand of Frank"), Calgary's The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Red Smarteez, and Czech group Buchty a Loutky, amongst others.

Jake Volz

Jacob Phillip "Silent Jake" Volz (April 4, 1878 – August 11, 1962) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1901 and 1908 for the Boston Americans (1901), Boston Beaneaters (1905) and Cincinnati Reds (1908).

John Phillip

John Phillip (April 19, 1817–1867) was a Victorian era painter best known for his portrayals of Spanish life.

Kate Carnell

She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the Australia Day Honours list of 2006, for her services and contributions to the Australian Capital Territory.

KLTY

Notables included Jon Dillon (now at KZPS), writer Phillip Cook, Dave Thomas, Stuart McRae and Joe Nick Patoski (later the senior editor of Texas Monthly magazine.

Linda Willis

After the assassination Willis, along with her sister, father (Phillip), and mother (Marilyn) were present at the Kodak photographic laboratory getting her father’s assassination related photo slides developed when the Zapruder film was first developed and first shown.

Man Maid

Man Maid is a 2008 American comedy film starring Phillip Vaden, Sara Rue, Jane Lynch, Steve Hytner, and John Doe.

Ngongotaha Chiefs

Over the years the club has seen many talented players but the most famous name associated with the club would be the Orchard brothers; Robert, Phillip, Eddie and John.

Pacesetter Ltd

Star Ace is currently owned by Phillip Reed and Christopher Shy of Ronin Arts.

Pendleton County, Kentucky

Other schools in the county are Sharp Middle School, named for Phillip Allen Sharp, American geneticist and molecular biologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1993) and National Medal of Science (2004), located between Falmouth and Butler, Northern Elementary in Butler, and Southern Elementary in Falmouth.

Phil Brooks

CM Punk (born 1978), U.S. professional wrestler whose real name is Phillip Brooks

Phil Margera

Margera was born in Concordville, Pennsylvania on July 13, 1957, where he was raised, as the second of seven children of Phillip and Darlene Margera (née Stauffer; October 13, 1939 - June 16, 2007).

Phillip Cottrell

Phillip was born in Enfield, United Kingdom, but he grew up in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, where he was a pupil at Cheshunt School.

Phillip French

Phillip French was the 27th Mayor of New York City from 1702 to 1703.

Phillip Island Road

Phillip Island Road is a tourist highway in Victoria, Australia and branches off the Bass Highway at the township of Anderson.

Phillip Matthews

Phillip Matthews is married to Lisa Flynn, the daughter of former Ireland rugby international Kevin Flynn.

Phillip McArthur

Phillip McArthur studied under the renowned folklorists and scholars Richard Bauman and Beverly J. Stoeltje.

Phillip Willis

Phillip LaFrance "Phil" Willis (2 August 1918, Kaufman County, Texas – 27 January 1995, Dallas, Texas) was a witness to the assassination of President Kennedy who testified before the Warren Commission.

Pitts' Folly

The 1860 United States Census of Perry County indicates that Phillip Henry Pitts owned 75 slaves in that year, though his children are individually listed as owning an additional 68 slaves.

Premiers of the Australian states

Currently South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory are the three states and territories that are run by Labor governments.

Rosebery, New South Wales

Rosebery was named after Archibald Phillip Primrose, the fifth Earl of Rosebery, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1894–95.

Samuel Rousseau

Baptised Samuel Kent Rousseau in St Ann's Church, Blackfriars, London on 20 November 1763, he was the eldest son of Phillip Rousseau, a printer working for William Bowyer, and his wife Susannah.

Sleeping Beauty

In the ABC TV show Once Upon a Time, Sleeping Beauty (named Aurora after the Disney version) is portrayed by Sarah Bolger, and Prince Phillip is played by Julian Morris.

Tertiary Entrance Rank

Although directly equivalent to the Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank (ENTER) in Victoria, and the Universities Admission Index (UAI) in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, the terms ENTER and UAI were only used in their respective states or territories.

The Brotherhood of the Bell

Twenty-two years after his initiation into a secret society known as the "Brotherhood of the Bell" or "the Bell", Dr. Andrew (Andy) Patterson (Glenn Ford) is requested to be the "senior" of a new initiate, Phillip Everest Dunning (Robert Pine).

Van Badham

At Phillip Street she was tutored by Darrell Hilton, an acting teacher whose previous students included Nicole Kidman.

Waterloo Co-operative Residence Incorporated

In 1986, the co-op undertook the construction of three new apartment divisions on Phillip Street, next to the existing property, named Carver, Clayfield, and Kershaw.

When Eight Bells Toll

British Treasury secret agent Phillip Calvert is sent to investigate, and narrates the story for the reader.

Whole language

Widely-known whole language detractors include Louisa Cook Moats, G. Reid Lyon, James Kauffman, Phillip Gough, Keith Stanovich, Diane McGuinness, Douglas Carnine, Edward Kame'enui, Jerry Silbert, Lynn Melby Gordon, Rudolf Flesch, and Jeanne Chall.

Wisner Washam

They have a son named Ian Miller Washam (who played Little Phillip Brent on All My Children in the 1970s) and a daughter, Amy Washam Masterson, and three granddaughters.

Zhang Hongjie

The Federal Government of Australia wants the Australian Capital Territory (ACT includes Canberra) to cooperate with the Chinese investigation into the murder, as written by a letter from John Howard to Chief Minister Stanhope in May 2005, and another request from Justice Minister Chris Ellison in June.


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