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3 unusual facts about australians


August Engelhardt

His plantation was now managed by another German planter Wilhelm Mirow, who later sold it to his Australian wife to escape expropriation by the Australians.

Jessica De Gouw

Jessica Elise De Gouw (born 15 February 1988), sometimes credited as Jess De Gouw, is an Australian actress.

Kensington, Brooklyn

Kensington is a very diverse neighborhood, containing Ukrainian, South Asian (Bangladeshi and Pakistani), Chinese, Orthodox Jewish, Hasidic, Irish, Polish, Italian, Albanian, Russian, Latino, Mexican, Australian and Caribbean communities.


1989 Ashes series

The Australian series victory began a 19 year period of Australian dominance that would see the Australians win the next three Ashes series in England, and four Ashes series in Australia, until England eventually regained the Ashes in the 2005 Ashes series.

1999 International Rules Series

The Australians were not disgraced, finishing just 8 points behind the Irish at the end of the night with Nathan Buckley kicking 5 overs.

Affordable housing

Australians in receipt of many social security benefits from Centrelink who rent housing from a private landlord are eligible for rent assistance.

Airline Partners Australia

The consortium, comprising Texas Pacific Group, Macquarie Bank, Allco Finance Group, Allco Equity Partners and Onex Corporation, was structured to comply with strict Australian ownership laws for Qantas (which must be at least 51% owned by Australians).

Australia at the 1930 British Empire Games

The Australians' return home was delayed because the RMS Tahiti on which they were due to travel sank during the Games.

Australian federal election, 1940

The Coalition's advertisements asked Australians to "Cast Your Vote for Unity and an All-in War Effort / Back the Government that's Backing Churchill", with a large picture of the British Prime Minister.

Australian National Flag Association

Prominent Australians who are members of the association include John Howard and Malcolm Turnbull.

Beeliar

the Beeliar people, a defunct group of Indigenous Australians from the area of Perth, Western Australia;

Belfield, New South Wales

Three streets are named after World War I sites of importance to Australians; Bazentin Street (after the town Bazentin in the Somme, France), Persic Street (after the SS Persic, a ship that transported Australian soldiers to Europe during the war) and Mena Street (an Australian Army training camp in Egypt during World War I).

Boris Keca

Keca started playing in Romania with Naţional Bucharest, a club at the time popular for foreign players from Eastern-Europe (the likes of his fellow Bosnian Slaviša Mitrović or Albanian Albert Duro) or Australians (Michael Thwaite, Ryan Griffiths or Jonathan McKain).

Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres

An International Canoe Federation (ICF) jury examined the finish line photo while the Australians celebrated and Barton prepared for the K-2 1000 m final.

Crystal Palace Park Cricket Ground

Ten years would pass before first-class cricket returned to Crystal Palace, when in 1880 the Players played the Australians during their tour of England.

Daryl Harper

Harper was included in the original line up for this panel, at the time chosen over fellow Australians Simon Taufel and Darrell Hair (both of whom subsequently joined the panel in 2003).

Dick-a-Dick

Broome, R. (2001) Aboriginal Australians: black responses to white dominance, 1788–2001, third edition, Allen and Unwin:Sydney.

Eddie Thomson

During his time there, a number of Australians, such as Aurelio Vidmar, Graham Arnold and Steve Corica played there.

Edgar Ball

In 1932, having moved to Canada, Ball played in four matches against the touring Australians, playing a match each for Cowichan and Vancouver, before representing British Columbia in two matches.

Eva Orner

Orner, along with actress Cate Blanchett, was one of only two Australians nominated for an Oscar in 2008.

First and Second Battles of Kakarak

The Australians responded with air burst fire from their 84 mm Carl Gustav rocket launchers, yet this proved only partially effective.

Gary Johns

He was president of the Bennelong Society, an organisation that advocated the provision of welfare for Indigenous Australians under the same rules as for all other Australians.

George Podmore

George Podmore (1925−10 July 2005) was an Australian jockey who was best known for riding Evening Peal to victory in the 1956 Melbourne Cup.

Gerald Smithson

According to the then Yorkshire captain, Norman Yardley, his batting invited comparison with the young Australians of the time.

History of Test cricket from 1890 to 1900

Between those Tests, Albert Trott, playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club against the Australians, notably hit a six off the bowling of Monty Noble that went over the pavilion at Lord's.

History of the Australian Army

Six Victoria Crosses were awarded to Australians, five serving with Australian contingents and one serving with the South African Constabulary.

Jimmy Carruthers

Great Australians of the past—including Young Griffo, Mick King, and Les Darcy--had all won world titles, but they had not received international acceptance at the time of winning their respective crowns.

Ken Higgs

After two years in the Lancashire League, the Leicestershire captain, Ray Illingworth called Higgs out of first-class cricket retirement because of Graham McKenzie's expected unavailability with the 1972 Australians.

Killara, New South Wales

Ethel Turner – author of 7 Little Australians lived on a large property now known as Kiamala Crescent.

Lennox Gardens

It has a number of memorials and monuments such as Kasuga stones presented to Canberra by Japan in April 1997, a monument to Australians in the Spanish civil war, and a stone monument commemorating the centenary of Federation and the Jewish National fund.

Linda Klarfeld

Klarfeld created several sculptures of well-known Australians including Dr Victor Chang, Cricketers Keith Miller and Bill Woodfull, AFL Footballer Neil Roberts and former Mayor of Mosman, Cr Dom Lopez OAM.

Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson

In 1921, England having lost six Test matches in succession to the Australians under Warwick Armstrong, Tennyson was recalled to the side for the second Test at Lord's, and though the game was again lost, he scored an undefeated 74 in the second innings against Jack Gregory and Ted McDonald at their fastest.

Lostep

Lostep is a production duo composed of Australians Luke Chable and Phil K.

Lyn Swinburne

In 2000, Swinburne was one of three Australians invited to sign the Charter of Paris Against Cancer at the Élysée Palace in the presence of President Jacques Chirac.

Matt Doust

Matthew "Matt" Doust (1984 – 28 August 2013) was an internationally renowned American-born Australian hyper-realistic artist who was a finalist in the 2011 Archibald Prize, for his work on a portrait Australian actress and fashion model Gemma Ward.

Northbridge, New South Wales

As of 2010, several notable Australians live in Northbridge including former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, former rugby league champions Laurie Daley, Jason Taylor, former Wallabies player Phil Waugh, journalists Chris Reason, Kathryn Robinson, Nina Stevens and Kellie Connolly.

Operation Coburg

The Australians subsequently clashed with the Viet Cong during early patrols in Area of Operations (AO) Columbus, while later Fire Support Base (FSB) Andersen was repeatedly subjected to major ground assaults.

Pittwater Council

At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Pittwater local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon exceeded 75% of all residents (national average was 65.2%).

Ray Illingworth

The seasoned pros of England in Boycott, Edrich, D'Oliveira, Illingworth himself, Underwood and Snow faced the upcoming young Australians (Ian and Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee, Rod Marsh, Doug Walters) who would dominate for the middle part of the decade.

Rebecca Asha

Appeared in the SBS Television series Kick, "Blue Heelers" and "Forest" and several Australian feature films released theatrically including Hating Alison Ashley, The Extra, and Charlie and Boots alongside fellow Australians Paul Hogan and Shane Jacobson.

Sam Kekovich

Kekovich did a similar ad in 2006, and although he did not target vegetarians, he did claim that many of the tragedies befalling Australians in 2005, such as the 2005 Cronulla riots and a scandal at the 2005 Ashes series, may have panned out differently if Australians had more lamb.

Sarah Ryan

In 2006, to support Multiple Sclerosis research, Ryan teamed up with 2003 Australian Idol winner and award-winning recording artist Guy Sebastian in 7 Network's It Takes Two, in which famous accomplished Australians from their different fields, and not known to be singers, performed duets with professional vocalists to support their chosen charity.

Sputnik 2

In Australia, Professor Harry Messel intercepted the signals but the Soviets would not provide the code and the Australians would not send the data.

The Hills Shire

At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in The Hills local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon approached 60% of all residents.

Walter D. Scott

Australia converted to decimal currency on 14 February 1966 and most Australians alive at the time can remember the theme song to the advertising teaching about the conversion, which was sung to the tune of "Click Go the Shears".

Wandandian

Wandandian people, the Indigenous Australians who traditionally inhabited most of what is now the City of Shoalhaven.

William Wilmot

Despite Wilmot finishing not out from seventh in the batting lineup, Derbyshire lost by an innings margin, thanks to centuries from the Australians' batsmen Hugh Trumble, Monty Noble and Joe Darling, all of whom were past and future Test cricketers for the national side.

Wiradjuri language

The Wiradjuri language is taught in primary schools, secondary schools and at TAFE in the towns of Parkes and Forbes with the students being both indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.

Zip Industries

Zip Industries has been a Principal Sponsor since 2009 of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award in Australia, which attracts participation on the part of more than 30,000 young Australians each year.


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