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Australia Australia Uluru/Ayers Rock, Northern Territory, Australia Australia Dove Lake, Tasmania, Australia Great Barrier Reef MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia Hamersley Range, Western Australia
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Australia summary
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Brown globe on antique map. Brown world on vintage map. North America. Green globe. Hompepage blog 2009, history and society, geography and travel, explore discovery
Countries & Their Features
Actual continental drift of plates. Thematic map.
Geography Fun Facts
10:087 Ocean: The World of Water, two globes showing eastern and western hemispheres
You Name It!
Flags of the world. National flags. Country flags. Hompepage blog 2009, history and society, geography and travel, explore discovery
Countries of the World
High detailed Australia physical map with labeling.
Australian Government and Political System
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Flag of Australia
Add These 18 Paintings as Must-Sees During Your Next Trip to Australia
World Data Locator Map: Australia
Is Australia an Island?
The fierce snake (also known as the inland taipan, western taipan and Oxyuranus microlepidotus) is the most venomous snake in the world.
How Deadly Are Australia’s Animals?
poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).
World Poetry Day
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Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.
6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters
solar eclipse, sun, moon, astronomy, space
How Do You Tell the Difference Between Total, Annular, Solar, and Lunar Eclipses?
Albert Einstein in Washington, D.C. c. 1921-1923. Physicist
The Solar Eclipse That Made Albert Einstein a Science Celebrity
Artist interpretation of a Space meteoroid impact. Meteor impact. Asteroid, End of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Planet Earth, Doomsday Predictions, comet
10 Failed Doomsday Predictions
Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).
What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?
Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)
All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

The most prominent labour organization is the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), formed in 1927, which has some 50 affiliated trade unions. Similar to trends in most countries, union membership has been declining since the last decades of the 20th century, dropping from about half the labour force in the mid-1970s to about one-fourth by the early 21st century. Among the largest unions are the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association, the Community and Public Sector Union, the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia, and the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union. To ameliorate ...(100 of 51163 words)

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