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Australia
Australia is the sixth largest country in the world, and located south of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, in the Southern Hemisphere.
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What sports are played in Australia?
The main sports played in Australia are cricket, rugby, tennis and Australian rules football (Aussie Rules).
But Australia, being one of the chief sports nations of the world, plays many sports.
It is a top nation in hockey, soccer, swimming, cycling, lawn bowls, sailing, rugby, cricket, netball and women's basketball and is superb at many water sports.
However, just a few of some other major sports it freely engages in are:
Basketball, soccer, water polo, table tennis, squash, downball and four square games (mainly among the young), golf and volleyball.
How were foxes introduced in Australia?
Foxes were introduced into Australia initially for the purpose of recreational fox-hunting. Australia's roots were British, a country where fox-hunting had been carried out for hundreds of years, but the only "sport" that hunters had was dingoes and kangaroos. Bringing foxes to the new country enabled them to still indulge their sport of fox-hunting.
The European red fox was first released in the Geelong area near Melbourne in 1845. More were introduced after 1845 as a method for controlling the introduced hare problem. It was given time to breed, which it did prolifically with no natural predators on the continent, and fox-hunting started within a couple of decades.
What are the three main deserts in Australia and in which part of the continent are they located?
There are many more than three deserts in Australia, but the main ones and their location are:
Great Victoria Desert (Western Australia): 424,400 km2 (163,900 square miles)
Great Sandy Desert (Western Australia): 284,993 km2 (110,036 square miles)
Tanami Desert (Western Australia and Northern Territory): 184,500 km2 (71,235 square miles)
Each of these deserts is either in or primarily in Western Australia, in the western third of the continent.
Who was the Tasman Sea named after and why is he important?
The Tasman Sea was named after Tasmania, which was named after Abel Janszoon Tasman, a Dutch explorer.
Abel Tasman was the first European to sight both New Zealand and Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). As the Tasman Sea lies between these two points, it was logical to name it after the first known European explorer to traverse the sea (even though Tasman initially believed that Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand were part of the same continent).
An outer suburb
New houses and housing estates. New shopping centres, parks and other open areas :)
Why Was Costco Imported to Australia?
COSTCO MELBOURNE DOCKLANDS PRICE LIST
Detailed price points and comparisons.
http://www.buckscoop.com.au/forums/deals-bargains-coupons-vouchers-cashback/18228-costco-melbourne-docklands-prices-comparison.html
Not easy to come by, especially as they do not normally produce catalogues or advertise.
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Fruit! It is sweet just like candy but super healthy and are loaded w/ vitamins.
pinkalpaca99's perspective: "Even though fruit is a better choice then candy, all you have to do is look at the calories but what i have eaten that is the least amount of calories is Twizlers.
1 crore Indian rupees is equal to how many Australian dollars?
as of the 08/19 1 Indian rupee = 0.0248746214 Australian dollars
What is the name of the body of water between Queensland Australia and New Guinea?
That body of water is called the Torres Strait. A link to the Wikipedia article is included, and there is a nice map there.
Which is the only Australian city to be named after a scientist?
Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory, was named after a scientist, though not directly.
Originally named Palmerston, the city was renamed Port Darwin in 1911, which became just "Darwin". The harbour on which Darwin is located had been named Darwin Harbour by the Captain of the Beagle, John Lort Stokes, who named it after his former shipmate, Charles Darwin, after Stokes discovered it in 1839.
How long will it to travel by boat to India from Australia?
To travel from India to England by ship takes about 22 days if traveling around the continent of Africa. It the Suez Canal is taken, that can take about 10 to 12 days off the trip.
What are some Australian grasslands?
Grasslands in Australia are most commonly known as grassland. In the north, they are sometimes referred to as savannah. They are never called prairies.
What is the difference between Australia and Antarctica?
{ Antarctica is in a polar region of the globe. {Australia is in the temperate region of the globe. [Antarctica has the lowest temperature ever recorded, of -89.6 degrees C. [Australia's lowest temperature ever recorded was -23 degrees C. {Antarctica's highest temperature ever recorded is +14.6 degrees C. {Australia's highest temperature ever recorded is +50.7 degrees C.
Which Australian marsupial looks like a bear?
People often refer to the koala as "koala bear". This naming is incorrect. It is just called "koala", and the misnomer "koala bear" tends to be applied only by non-Australians.
The wombat is the koala's closest relative, and the common wombat's scientific name is Vombatus ursinus which means "bear-like". However, people do not generally call the wombat a bear.
How many terms can an Australian president have?
Australian children, on the whole, go to school for thirteen years. There are twelve years of schooling, preceded by a Prep year (or Kindergarten in some states).
Many then continue on to University for anywhere from three years on.
Where is the Murray Darling Basin?
The Murray-Darling Basin is located in the south-east of Australia. It covers 1 061 469 square kilometres, which is about 14% of the Australian continent. Note that the Murray River and Darling River are two separate and distinct rivers. Contrary to popular belief, the Murray-Darling basin is not fed by a single river, but by two major rivers, the Murray and the Darling, and numerous tributaries. The total length of the rivers and their tributaries, according to Geoscience Australia, is 6695km, just over half the length of the Nile River.
The Murray-Darling Basin extends 1250 km wide, from the most easterly point at Killarney, near Warwick (in southern Queensland) to north-west of Goolwa (South Australia), the most westerly point.
What is the river that runs through Brisbane?
The Brisbane River runs through Brisbane. The river was actually named before the city which was, in turn, named after the river.
The Brisbane River was named after Governor Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, Governor of the NSW colony at the time when John Oxley explored what is now southeast Queensland.
Yes, wombats are nocturnal, although they emerge from their burrows on sunny winter days. They are most active at dawn and dusk, meaning they are "crepuscular" as well.
What river is the most polluted in Australia?
Almost all major rivers in Australia have been degraded by human activity but not necessarily "polluted" in the sense of toxic chemical or waste contamination. Because Australia is a very dry continent, diversion (damming) of rivers is an important water management tool but the lower flow in even the largest river system means that any pollutants are concentrated. The main pollutants are farm chemicals and fertilizer. Low flow and erosion are the main types of river degradation in Australia.
