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Dandenong is outside the outskirts of the greater Melbourne metropolitan area.

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Prior to 1901, Australia was made up of six self-governing colonies; New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania. These colonies were ultimately under British rule from the time the First Fleet landed, in 1788, until 1901. Numerous politicians and influential Australians through the years had pushed for federation of the colonies, and self-government. On 22 January 1899, leaders of the six Australian colonies met in Melbourne to discuss a federation bill.

After not being accepted by the states the first time, the amended Commonwealth Constitution was given Royal Assent on 9 July 1900. On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies was achieved and the Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed by Australia's first Governor-General, John Hope, at Centennial Park in Sydney. Australia's first Prime Minister was Edmund Barton, who was Prime Minister from January 1901 to September 1903. This gave Australia the right to govern itself.

Although the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia came into effect at Federation, this did not mean that Australia was now independent of Britain. When the UK approved colonial federation, it simply meant that the six self-governing states of Australia allocated some functions to a federal authority. Australia gained the status of a Dominion, which meant it remained a self-governing colony within the British Empire, with the Head of State being the British monarch. The British government appointed Australia's Governor-General and State Governors, who answered to the British government.

All Dominions within the British Empire were declared "equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations" at the Imperial Conference of 1926. The Statute of Westminster 1931 ratified the discussions of the Imperial Conference. This meant that Australia and other Dominions such as South Africa, New Zealand and Canada could now conduct treaties and agreements with foreign powers, and manage their own military strategies. No longer were the Australian Governor-General, Parliament and individual governors answerable to the UK. The British monarch could only act on the advice of the Australian Government, and the Governor-General was no longer appointed by and answerable to the British monarch.

The defeat of the large British garrison at Singapore in January 1942 came as a very unwelcome shock to the Australian government. It exposed the weakness of Britain and led Australia to seek much closer ties with the US and it was felt that for this the country needed full independence; hence the date for activating the 1931 Statute of Westminster. Australian Parliament formally adopted the Statute of Westminster 1931 under the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942, on 9 October 1942.

Australia reached the next stage of independence on 3 March 1986, when the Australia Acts came into effect. The Australia Acts declared that Australia had the status of a Sovereign, Independent and Federal Nation. The nation still retains Elizabeth II as head of state, but her position as Australia's head of state is a completely separate position from her position as the head of state of any other country, including the UK. What the Australia Act effectively did was remove the ability of the British Government to make laws for Australia and removed the last legal link with the UK by abolishing the right of appeal to the judicial committee of the Privy Council. Also it was not until 1988 that the last state, Queensland, removed this from their statutes as well.

The distance from Botany Bay to Port Jackson is about 8km.

It's popular underground, but now it's kind of getting more popular but not as popular as bboy was or jerking.

But it did went mainstream because of the LMFAO with there song ''everyday I'm shuffling''but it was poorly done because most of the dancers couldn't understand how the dance was done, and was complicated.

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long-grain rice consumption reached a record 88.7 million cwt in 2003, while medium- and short-grain rice consumption totaled 36.3 million cwt.

There is no famous outlaw currently housed at Old Melbourne Gaol. However, notorious bushranger Ned Kelly was an inmate there in the 1880s.

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From Melbourne's CBD to Ballarat by road is a distance of 113km. Driving time is about 1 hour 20 minutes.

Travelling by train takes around 1 hour and 45 minutes.

The population rose dramatically from 600 at the end of 1851 to 29,000 by 1855.

Peter Lalor was not leader of the Ballarat gold rush. The gold diggers who were unhappy with the gold licencing system and unfair licence checks elected Lalor to be leader of the rebellion which came to be known as the Eureka Stockade.

The Melbourne shuffle is a complicated style of dance. The Melbourne shuffle originated in the late 1980s in the Melbourne underground scene. The basic movements in the dance are a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music. Some variants incorporate arm movements. (Wikipedia) For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.

The Melbourne shuffle is a complicated style of dance. The Melbourne shuffle originated in the late 1980s in the Melbourne underground scene. The basic movements in the dance are a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music. Some variants incorporate arm movements. (Wikipedia) For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.

The Melbourne shuffle is a complicated style of dance. The Melbourne shuffle originated in the late 1980s in the Melbourne underground scene. The basic movements in the dance are a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music. Some variants incorporate arm movements. (Wikipedia) For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.

The Melbourne shuffle is a complicated style of dance. The Melbourne shuffle originated in the late 1980s in the Melbourne underground scene. The basic movements in the dance are a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music. Some variants incorporate arm movements. (Wikipedia) For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.

The Melbourne shuffle is a complicated style of dance. The Melbourne shuffle originated in the late 1980s in the Melbourne underground scene. The basic movements in the dance are a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music. Some variants incorporate arm movements. (Wikipedia) For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.

The Melbourne shuffle is a complicated style of dance. The Melbourne shuffle originated in the late 1980s in the Melbourne underground scene. The basic movements in the dance are a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music. Some variants incorporate arm movements. (Wikipedia) For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.

The main thing that happened at the end of the show is that Renton and Eureka survived their final fight with the psycho Anemone and her black Nirvash gundam, and Renton and Eureka hooked up (and Renton became step daddy of her "children") and Anemone finally broke down and confessed her feelings to Dominic, and Anemone and Dominic hooked up too. an the nirvash talks says bye and renton screams "I....CAN....FLY!" in the improved version of nirvash

R. Kelly's birth name is Robert Sylvester Kelly.

Ballarat was one of the towns at the centre of the Australian goldrush in the mid 1800s. It was also famous for being the site of the Eureka Stockade, which is regarded as the birthplace of democracy in Australia.

Now, Ballarat is famous for its authentic recreation of an historic goldfields town - "Sovereign Hill".

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Sovereign Hill is a suburb of Ballarat.

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The Twelve Apostles are made of limestone.

Former New York Yankees second baseman Bobby Richardson.

House of Representative member Jim Clyburn.

Former Penn State QB Wally Richardson.

inot to offend any group by omiting them i shall take the politicians way out and say all religions are present in Victoria Australia

The "official" eastern end of the Great Ocean Road starts at Anglesea, south of Geelong, and a distance of 108km from Melbourne's CBD. The distance then covered by the Great Ocean Road from Anglesea to its western end at Port Fairy is 264km.

ALL coins from the British Commonwealth have the queen's picture and that motto. Please post a new question with its denomination, date, and the country that issued it. If there's no country name shown, it's from Britain.