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Burke and Wills expedition

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The Burke and Wills expedition was an Australian exploration expedition in 1860–61 of 19 men, led by Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, with the objective of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south, to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north, a distance of around 3,250 kilometres (approximately 2,000 miles). [1]

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A Romance of Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860

A Romance of Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860 is a 1918 Australian silent film.

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A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice (United States title: The Legacy) is a romance novel by Nevil Shute, published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia.

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Acacia beckleri

Acacia beckleri, or Barrier Range wattle, is a plant in the genus Acacia native to Australasia, typically Australia.

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Afghan (Australia)

The "Afghans" or "Ghans" were camel caravanners who worked in Outback Australia from the 1860s to the 1930s.

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Afghan Australians

Afghan Australians are Australians whose ancestors came from Afghanistan or who were born in Afghanistan.

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Alan Moorehead

Alan McCrae Moorehead (22 July 1910 – 29 September 1983) was a war correspondent and author of popular histories, most notably two books on the nineteenth-century exploration of the Nile, The White Nile (1960) and The Blue Nile (1962).

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Albert Tucker (artist)

Albert Lee Tucker (29 December 1914 – 23 October 1999), was an Australian artist, and member of the Heide Circle, a group of modernist artists and writers that centred on the art patrons John and Sunday Reed, whose home, "Heide", located in Bulleen, near Heidelberg (outside Melbourne), was a haven for the group.

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Alexander MacPherson (explorer)

Alexander MacPherson was on the Burke and Wills expedition support expedition from the Murray River to Coopers Creek, in September 1860.

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Alfred William Howitt

Alfred William Howitt CMG (17 April 1830 – 7 March 1908) was an Australian anthropologist, explorer and naturalist.

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Ambrose Kyte

Ambrose Henry Spencer Kyte (– 16 November 1868) was a merchant and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia).

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Andrew Lang's Fairy Books

The Langs' Fairy Books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913.

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Australia Post stamps and products

This article covers year-by-year releases of postage stamps issued by Australia Post.

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Australian feral camel

Australian feral camels are feral populations consisting of two species of camel: mostly dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius) but also some bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus).

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Australian frontier wars

The Australian frontier wars is a term applied by some historians to violent conflicts between Indigenous Australians and white settlers during the British colonisation of Australia.

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Australian Museum

The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology.

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Australian Overland Telegraph Line

The Australian Overland Telegraph Line was a 3200 km telegraph line that connected Darwin with Port Augusta in South Australia.

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Australian storytelling

Australia traditional storytelling, handed down from generation to generation, has always been part of the landscape.

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Ballarat

Ballarat is a city located on the Yarrowee River in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia.

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Balranald

Balranald is a town and local government area (see Balranald Shire) in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia.

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Baynton, Victoria

Baynton is a small rural community in central Victoria, Australia.

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Beechworth

Beechworth is a well-preserved historical town located in the north-east of Victoria, Australia, famous for its major growth during the gold rush days of the mid-1850s.

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Beefwood Parish, New South Wales

Beefwood Parish, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.

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Bert Bryant

Bert Bryant (1927–1991) is regarded as one of Australia's top racecallers of Thoroughbred horse racing in the twentieth century.

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Bilpa Morea

Bilpa Morea is a claypan in the Shire of Diamantina in the extreme southwest of Queensland, Australia.

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Birdsville

Birdsville is a small town and locality in the Shire of Diamantina, Queensland, Australia.

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Boulia, Queensland

Boulia is a remote outback town and locality in the Shire of Boulia in Central West Queensland, Australia.

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Bright, Victoria

Bright (pronunciation) is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia, 319 metres above sea level at the southeastern end of the Ovens Valley.

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Broken Hill

Broken Hill is an inland mining city in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia.

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Broken Hill Mosque

Broken Hill Mosque is a heritage-listed mosque and museum at Buck Street, Broken Hill, City of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

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Buckland riot

The Buckland riot was an anti-Chinese race riot that occurred on 4 July 1857, in the goldfields of the Buckland Valley, Victoria, Australia, near present-day Porepunkah.

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Bulloo Downs, Queensland

Bulloo Downs is a locality in the Shire of Bulloo, Queensland, Australia.

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Burke & Wills

Burke & Wills is a 1985 Australian adventure film directed by Graeme Clifford, starring Jack Thompson and Nigel Havers.

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Burke and Wills Camp B/CXIX

Burke and Wills Camp B/CXIX is a heritage-listed campsite at Burke and Wills Access Road (Private Road), Normanton, Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.

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Burke and Wills Dig Tree

Burke and Wills Dig Tree is a heritage-listed blazed tree at Nappa Merrie Station, Durham, Shire of Bulloo, Queensland, Australia.

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Burke and Wills Plant Camp

Burke and Wills Plant Camp is a heritage-listed campsite near Betoota, Shire of Diamantina, Queensland, Australia.

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Burke River (Queensland)

The Burke River is an ephemeral river in Central West Queensland, Australia.

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Burketown

Burketown is an isolated town and locality in the far north-western Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia.

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Burketown Post Office

Burketown Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office at Musgrave Street, Burketown, Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia.

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Burketown, Queensland

Burketown is an isolated town and locality in the far north-western Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia.

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Burns Philp Building, Normanton

Burns Philp Building is a heritage-listed former warehouse at the corner of Landsborough Street and Caroline Street, Normanton, Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.

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Bynoe River

The Bynoe River, also called the Little Bynoe River, is an arm of the Flinders River delta in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

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Carcory Homestead Ruin

Carcory Homestead Ruin is a heritage-listed former homestead and now ruins on the Eyre Developmental Road, Birdsville, Shire of Diamantina, Queensland, Australia.

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Carl Püttmann

Carl Püttmann (14 November 1843 – 12 January 1899), often referred to as Carl or Charles Puttmann, was a music teacher and composer of South Australia.

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Carlton North, Victoria

Carlton North is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km north from Melbourne's Central Business District.

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Caryapundy Station

Caryapundy Station most commonly known as Caryapundy or Caryapundy Swamp is a pastoral lease that once operated as a cattle station in the channel country of outback New South Wales.

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Castlemaine, Victoria

Castlemaine is a small city in Victoria, Australia, in the goldfields region of Victoria about 120 kilometres northwest by road from Melbourne and about 40 kilometres from the major provincial centre of Bendigo.

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City Square, Melbourne

The City Square was a public plaza located in the Central Business District (CBD) of Melbourne, Australia.

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Clement Hodgkinson

Clement Hodgkinson (1818 – 5 September 1893) was a notable English naturalist, explorer and surveyor of Australia.

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Cloncurry River

The Cloncurry River is situated in the Gulf Country of north west Queensland, Australia.

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Cloncurry, Queensland

Cloncurry is a town and locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia.

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Collingwood, Queensland

Collingwood is a former town in the Channel Country in Central West Queensland, Australia, in the Shire of Winton.

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Colonial navies of Australia

Before Federation in 1901 five of the six separate colonies maintained their own naval forces for defence.

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Colony of Queensland

The Colony of Queensland was a colony of the British Empire from 1859 to 1901, when it became a State in the federal Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901.

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Community Hall, Camooweal

Community Hall is a heritage-listed former town hall at Barkly Highway, Camooweal, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.

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Content Mine

Content Mine is a heritage-listed former mine at Gulf Developmental Road, Croydon, Shire of Croydon, Queensland, Australia.

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Cooper Creek

The Cooper Creek (formerly Cooper's Creek) is one of the most famous rivers in Australia because it was the site of the death of the explorers Burke and Wills in 1861.

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Cremorne Gardens, Melbourne

Cremorne Gardens was a pleasure garden (now referred to as amusement parks) established in 1853 on the banks of the Yarra River at Richmond in Melbourne, Australia.

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Croydon Cemetery, Queensland

Croydon Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery at Julia Creek Road, Croydon, Shire of Croydon, Queensland, Australia.

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Culture of Australia

The culture of Australia is a Western culture, derived primarily from Britain but also influenced by the unique geography of Australia, the cultural input of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other Australian people.

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David Boyd (artist)

David Fielding Gough Boyd (23 August 192410 November 2011) was an Australian artist, and a member of the Boyd artistic dynasty.

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Deniliquin

Deniliquin, known locally as "Deni", is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales close to the border with Victoria.

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Desert exploration

Desert exploration is the deliberate and scientific exploration of deserts, the arid regions of the earth.

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Dick Barkinji (explorer)

Dick of the Barkinji people, also known as Mountain, was an Australian explorer who was on the Burke and Wills support expedition.

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Diedrich Henne

Diedrich Henne was a German-born botanist and plant collector.

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Division of Burke (1949–55)

The Division of Burke was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria.

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Division of Wills

The Division of Wills is an Australian electoral division of Victoria.

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Dr Ludwig Becker's Grave

Dr Ludwig Becker's Grave is a heritage-listed grave at Molesworth Station, by the Bulloo River, Bulloo Downs, Shire of Bulloo, Queensland, Australia.

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Duncan McIntyre (explorer)

Duncan McIntyre was an Australian explorer who followed in the tracks of Burke and Wills.

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Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus

Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus, eponym and ancestor of the clan Ó hEaghra, King of Luighne Connacht, died 928.

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Eddington, Victoria

Eddington is a small town on the Loddon River in Central Victoria, Australia.

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Edwin Welch

Edwin James Welch (26 December 1838 – 24 September 1916) was an English naval cadet, surveyor, photographer, newspaper proprietor, writer and journalist.

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Effluence, New South wales

Effluence, New South Wales is a remote rural locality of Bourke Shire, New South wales.

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Elderslie Station

Elderslie Station, also known as Elderslie, is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep and cattle station in Queensland, Australia.

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Eremophila willsii

Eremophila willsii is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Australia.

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Eucalyptus coolabah

Eucalyptus coolabah, commonly known as coolibah, is a eucalypt of riparian zones and is found throughout Australia from arid inland to coastal regions.

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European land exploration of Australia

European land exploration of Australia deals with the opening up of the interior of Australia to European settlement which occurred gradually throughout the colonial period, 1788–1900.

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Evelyn Pitfield Shirley Sturt

Evelyn Pitfield Shirley Sturt (25 October 1815 – 10 February 1885) was born in Dorset, England.

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Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (German: Müller) (30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist.

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Flagstaff Gardens

Flagstaff Gardens is the oldest park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, first established in 1862.

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Flinders River

The Flinders River is the longest river in Queensland, Australia at approximately.

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Francis Birtles

Francis Edwin Birtles (7 November 1881 in Fitzroy, Victoria – 1 July 1941 in Croydon, New South Wales) was an Australian adventurer, photographer, cyclist, and filmmaker, who set many long-distance cycling and driving records, including becoming in 1927 the first man to drive a car from England to Australia.

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Francis Cadell (explorer)

Francis William Cadell (9 February 1822 – 1879) was a European explorer of Australia, most remembered for opening the Murray River up for transport by steamship and for his activities as a slave trader.

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Frank Clune

Francis Patrick Clune, OBE, (27 November 189311 March 1971) was a best-selling Australian author, travel writer and popular historian.

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Franklin's lost expedition

Franklin's lost expedition was a British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, and.

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Frederick Walker (native police commandant)

Frederick Walker (14 April 1820 – 19 November 1866) public servant, property manager, Commandant of the Native Police, squatter and Australian explorer.

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Gambool Parish, New South Wales

Gambool located at 31°05′15″S 143°13′25″E in Central Darling Shire is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.

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Georg von Neumayer

Georg Balthazar von Neumayer (21 June 1826 – 24 May 1909), was a German polar explorer and scientist who was a proponent of the idea of international cooperation for meteorology and scientific observation.

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George Coppin

George Selth Coppin (8 April 1819 – 14 March 1906) was a comic actor, entrepreneur and politician, active in Australia.

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George Ernest Morrison

George Ernest "G.

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Gorget

A gorget, from the French meaning throat, was originally a band of linen wrapped around a woman's neck and head in the medieval period, or the lower part of a simple chaperon hood.

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Gregory Range

The Gregory Range is a mountain range located in Far North Queensland, Australia.

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Gregory River (Australia)

The Gregory River is a river located in the Northern Territory and the state of Queensland, Australia.

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Gulf Country

The Gulf Country is the region of woodland and savanna grassland surrounding the Gulf of Carpentaria in north western Queensland and eastern Northern Territory on the north coast of Australia.

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Gulf of Carpentaria

The Gulf of Carpentaria is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the Arafura Sea (the body of water that lies between Australia and New Guinea).

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Gustavus von Tempsky

Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky (15 February 1828 – 7 September 1868) was a Prussian adventurer, artist, newspaper correspondent and soldier in New Zealand, Australia, California, Mexico and the Mosquito Coast of Central America.

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Haddon Corner

Haddon Corner is a heritage-listed site in Tanbar, Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia.

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Harry Redford

Henry Arthur "Harry" Readford (sometimes spelt "Redford" in Queensland) (December 1841 – 12 March 1901), was an Australian stockman, drover and cattle thief.

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Herbert Wilcox

Herbert Sydney Wilcox CBE (19 April 1890 – 15 May 1977), was a British film producer and director who was one of the most successful British filmmakers from the 1920s to the 1950s.

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History of Australia

The History of Australia refers to the history of the area and people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding Indigenous and colonial societies.

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History of Australia (1851–1900)

The History of Australia (1851–1900) refers to the history of the indigenous and colonial peoples of the Australian continent during the 50-year period which preceded the foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901.

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History of Indigenous Australians

The History of Indigenous Australians began at least 65,000 years ago when Aboriginal Australians populated Australia.

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History of Melbourne

The history of Melbourne details the city's growth from a fledging settlement into a modern commercial and financial centre as Australia's second largest city.

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History of Queensland

The history of Queensland encompasses both a long Aboriginal Australian presence as well as the more recent European settlement.

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Hodgkinson's Marked Tree

Hodgkinson's Marked Tree is a heritage-listed tree at Rocklands Station, Camooweal, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.

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Horace Poussard

Horace Remi Poussard (June 11, 1829 – September 12, 1898), was a French classical violinist and composer.

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Innamincka, South Australia

Innamincka is a small settlement in north-east South Australia, with a population of only 12.

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Islam in Australia

Islam in Australia is a minority religious affiliation.

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James Venture Mulligan's Grave

James Venture Mulligan's Grave is a heritage-listed grave at Bakers Road, Mount Molloy, Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.

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John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice

John Thomas Alderdice, Baron Alderdice (born 28 March 1955) is a Northern Ireland politician.

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John King (explorer)

John King (15 December 1838 – 15 January 1872) was an Irish soldier who achieved fame as an Australian explorer.

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John Macadam

The Honorable Dr John Macadam (29 May 1827 – 2 September 1865), was a Scottish-Australian chemist, medical teacher, Australian politician and cabinet minister, and honorary secretary of the Burke and Wills expedition.

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John McDouall Stuart

John McDouall Stuart (7 September 18155 June 1866), often referred to as simply "McDouall Stuart", was a Scottish explorer and one of the most accomplished of all Australia's inland explorers.

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John McKinlay

John McKinlay (26 August 1819 – 31 December 1872),'', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, MUP, 1974, pp 174–176.

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Juan Davila (artist)

Juan Davila (born 1946, Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean/Australian artist and writer who migrated to Melbourne, Australia, in 1974.

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Julia Creek, Queensland

Julia Creek is a town and a locality in the Shire of Mckinlay, Queensland, Australia.

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Julia Matthews

Julia Matthews (14 December 1842 in London, England – 19 May 1876 in St. Louis, Missouri, US) was an English-born actress and singer who was popular on the stage, particularly in Melbourne.

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Kalkadoon

The Kalkadoon (properly Kalkatungu) are descendants of an Indigenous Australian tribe living in the Mount Isa region of Queensland.

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Kerang

Kerang is a rural town on the Loddon River in northern Victoria in Australia.

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Kerno, New South Wales

Kerno at 31°02′27″S 142°59′34″E in Central Darling Shire is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.

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Kinchega Woolshed

Kinchega Woolshed is a heritage-listed former shearing shed located 15km south-west of Menindee township, Central Darling Shire, New South Wales, Australia.

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King, New South Wales

King Parish, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County in far North West New South Wales, Australia.

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Kyalite

Kyalite is a locality on the Wakool River in the Riverina district of the Australian state of New South Wales.

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Lake Eyre basin

The Lake Eyre basin is a drainage basin that covers just under one-sixth of all Australia.

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Lancefield, Victoria

Lancefield is a town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges local government area in Victoria, Australia north of the state capital, Melbourne and had a population of 2,357 at the 2011 census.

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Lands administrative divisions of Queensland

Lands administrative divisions of Queensland refers to the divisions of Queensland used for the registration of land titles.

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Landsborough Tree

Landsborough Tree is a heritage-listed tree at Burketown, Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia.

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Landsborough's Blazed Tree (Camp 67)

Landsborough's Blazed Tree (Camp 67) is a heritage-listed tree at Mitchell Highway, Charleville, Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia.

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Landsborough's Blazed Tree (Camp 69)

Landsborough's Blazed Tree (Camp 69) is a heritage-listed blazed tree at Mitchell Highway, Bakers Bend, Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia.

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Larry La Trobe

Larry La Trobe is the name given to a popular, cast bronze statue of a dog situated on the northern end of Melbourne’s City Square (corner of Collins Street and Swanston Street).

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List of burials at Melbourne General Cemetery

This is a list of notable individuals buried at Melbourne General Cemetery.

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List of Eucalypt trees

This table lists famous individual trees in the genus Eucalyptus.

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List of explorations

Some of the most important explorations of State Societies, in chronological order.

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List of individual trees

The following is a list of notable trees from around the world.

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List of people who died of starvation

This is a list of notable people who died of starvation.

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List of people who have walked across Australia

People who walk across Australia can walk from either of the geographical extremes of the continent, or from directly opposed cities on opposite shores.

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List of statues

This is a list of the most famous statues worldwide, past and present that already have articles about them in Wikipedia or are referred to or pictured in other articles.

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List of Thank God You're Here episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the Australian version of the improvisational television comedy series Thank God You're Here.

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Ludwig Becker (explorer)

Ludwig Becker (5 September 1808 – 29 April 1861) was a German artist, explorer and naturalist.

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Ludwig Leichhardt

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt, known as Ludwig Leichhardt, (23 October 1813 – c. 1848) was a German explorer and naturalist, most famous for his exploration of northern and central Australia.

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Mallambray (Parish), New South Wales

Mallambray (Parish), in Central Darling Shire is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.

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Marsilea

Marsilea is a genus of approximately 65 species of aquatic ferns of the family Marsileaceae.

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Marsilea drummondii

Marsilea drummondii is a species of fern known by the common name nardoo.

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Mary Howitt

Mary Howitt (12 March 1799 – 30 January 1888) was an English poet, and author of the famous poem The Spider and the Fly.

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McCrae Homestead

McCrae Homestead is an historic property located in McCrae, Victoria, Australia.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Melbourne Cup

The Melbourne Cup is Australia's most prestigious annual Thoroughbred horse race.

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Menamurtee, New South Wales

Menamurtee located at 31°04′22″S 143°10′00″E, south of White Cliffs, New South Wales in Central Darling Shire is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.

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Menindee, New South Wales

Menindee, frequently but erroneously spelled "Menindie", is a small town in the far west of New South Wales, Australia, in Central Darling Shire, on the banks of the Darling River, with a sign-posted population of 980 and a population of 551.

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Mia Mia, Victoria

Mia Mia is a picturesque area of Central Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne and south of Bendigo.

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Middleton, Queensland

Middleton is a locality in the Shire of Winton in central western Queensland, Australia.

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Milring, New South Wales

Milring Parish is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County in far North West New South Wales.

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Moonamurtie, New South Wales

Moonamurtie, New South Wales south of White Cliffs, New South Wales in Central Darling Shire is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.

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Mount Blackwood, New South Wales

Mount Blackwood, New South Wales located at 29°48′37″S 141°31′10″E, is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County in far North West New South Wales.

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Mount Hope (Victoria)

Mount Hope is a granite outcrop located to the north of Pyramid Hill in northern Victoria, Australia.

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Munro Parish, New South Wales

Munro Parish, New South Wales located at 30°59′34″S 143°13′26″E in Central Darling Shire is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.

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Myles Archibald Lyons

Myles Archibald Lyons was a Mounted Police Trooper stationed at Swan Hill, Victoria.

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Nappa Merrie

Nappa Merrie Station most commonly known as Nappa Merrie is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in central west Queensland, Australia.

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National Herbarium of Victoria

The National Herbarium of Victoria (herbarium code, MEL)is one of Australia's earliest herbaria, and the oldest scientific institution in Victoria.

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National Library of Australia

The National Library of Australia is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australian people." In 2012–13, the National Library collection comprised 6,496,772 items, and an additional of manuscript material.

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Noccundra Hotel

Noccundra Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at Wilson Street, Noccundra in Nockatunga, Shire of Bulloo, Queensland, Australia.

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Normanton, Queensland

Normanton is a small cattle town and locality in the Shire of Carpentaria in Queensland, Australia.

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Old Croydon Cemetery

Old Croydon Cemetery is a heritage-listed closed cemetery west of the Croydon railway station, Croydon, Shire of Croydon, Queensland, Australia.

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Outback

The Outback is the vast, remote interior of Australia.

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Packsaddle, New South Wales

Packsaddle, New South Wales is a remote rural locality, suburb and civil parish of Evelyn County, New South Wales.

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Parish of Berawinia

Delalah CountyBerawinia, New South Wales is a remote civil Parish, of the County of Delalah, a cadasteral division of New South Wales.

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Parish of Blackwood

The Parish of Blackwood is a remote civil parish of Poole County in far North West New South Wales,.

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Parish of Bolwarry

Bolwarry, New South Wales is a civil parish of Tongowoko County, New South wales.

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Parish of Border

Border, New South Wales is a remote civil Parish, of the County of Delalah a cadasteral division of New South Wales.

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Parish of Buntiara

Buntiara is a Parish of Ularara County in north west New South Wales.

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Parish of Catombal (Delalah County)

Delalah CountyCatombal Parish, New South Wales is a civil Parish, of the County of Delalah, a cadasteral division of New South Wales.

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Parish of Connulpie

Delalah CountyConnulpie, New South Wales is a remote civil Parish, of the County of Delalah a cadasteral division of New South Wales.

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Parish of Corriwelpie

Corriwelpie, New South Wales is a civil Parish, of the County of Delalah a cadareal division of New South Wales.

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Parish of Cullamulcha

Delalah CountyCullamulcha, New South Wales is a civil Parish, of the County of Delalah, a cadasteral division of New South Wales.

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Parish of Delalah

Delalah CountyDelalah Parish is a remote civil Parish, of the County of Delalah a cadasteral division of New South Wales.

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Parish of Delalah South

Delalah Southis a remote civil Parish, of the County of Delalah a cadasteral division of New South Wales.

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Parish of Dundaga

Dundaga is a Parish of Ularara County in north west New South Wales, Australia.

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Parish of Elsinora

Delalah CountyElsinora, New South Wales is a civil Parish, of the County of Delalah, a cadasteral division of New South Wales.

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Parish of Essie, New South Wales

The Parish of Essie, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County, New South Wales in far NorthWest New South Wales.

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Parish of Fort Grey

Country around Fort Grey.Fort Grey, is a remote civil parish of Poole County in far North West New South Wales.

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Parish of Gooruba

Gooruba, New South Wales, located at 30°23′56″S 142°11′53″E, is a remote civil parish of Mootwingee County in far North West New South Wales.

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Parish of Hebden

Hebden is a Parish of Ularara County in north west New South Wales.

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Parish of Killen

Delalah CountyKillen, New South Wales is a civil Parish, of the County of Delalah, a cadasteral division of New South Wales.

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Parish of Kooltoo

Parish of Kooltoo, New South Wales is a remote civil parish of Yantara County in far North West New South Wales.

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Parish of Kootooloomondoo

Kootooloomondoo, New South Wales, located at is a Parish of Yantara County in north west New South Wales.

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Parish of Korri

Korri Parish is a remote civil Parish, of the County of Delalah a cadasteral division of New South Wales.

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Parish of Mount Wood

Mount Wood, New South Wales is a remote civil parish of Tongowoko County, New South Wales near Milparinka, New South Wales.

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Parish of Narumerpy

Narumerpy, New South Wales is a Parish of Ularara County in north west New South Wales.

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Parish of Neon

Neon Parish, New South Wales is a rural locality and a cadastral parish of Ularara County New South Wales.

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Parish of Nocoleche

The Parish of Nocoleche is a cadastral parish of Ularara County in north western New South Wales.

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Parish of Paradise, New South Wales

Parish of Paradise, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County, New South Wales in far NorthWest New South Wales.

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Parish of Peka

Peka, New South Wales located at 29°53'04.0"S 143°58'36.0"E is an uninhabited cadastral parish of Ularara County in north western New South Wales.

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Parish of Pinaroo

Country around Lake Pinaroo. Pinaroo, is a remote civil parish of Poole County in far North West New South Wales.

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Parish of Sturt

Sturt Parish is a remote civil parish of Poole County in far North West New South Wales, located at.

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Parish of Tarrabandra

The Parish of Tarrabandra is a cadastral parish of Ularara County New South Wales.

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Parish of Thoulcanna

Delalah CountyThoulcanna, New South Wales is a remote civil Parish, of the County of Delalah, a cadasteral division of New South Wales.

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Parish of Tindara

The Parish of Tindara is a remote civil parish of Poole County in far North West New South Wales,.

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Parish of Urilla

Urilla Parish located at is a cadastral parish of Ularara County New South Wales.

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Parish of Urisino

Parish of Urisino, New South Wales located at is a cadastral parish of Ularara County New South Wales.

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Parish of Waoona

Parish of Waoona, New South Wales located at is a cadastral parish of Ularara County New South Wales.

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Parish of Warruera

Parish of Warruera, New South Wales Located at, six Kilometers north of Wanaaring, New South Wales is a cadastral parish of Ularara County New South Wales.

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Parish of Whyjonta

Whyjonta is a parish of Yantara County in far north west New South wales.

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Parish of Yailah

.Yailah, New South Wales is a Parish of Ularara County in north west New South Wales.

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Parish of Yambunya

Yambunya is a Parish of Ularara County in north west New South Wales.

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Parish of Yipunyah

Yipunyah Parish is a Parish of Ularara County in north west New South Wales.

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Parkungi, New South Wales

Parkungi located at in Central Darling Shire, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.

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Peter Purves Smith

Peter Purves Smith (26 March 191223 July 1949), born Charles Roderick Purves Smith, was an Australian painter.

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Peter Scriven

Peter Scriven MBE (1930–1998) was the founding artistic director of the Marionette Theatre of Australia.

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Pituri

Pituri is a mixture of leaves and wood ash traditionally chewed as a stimulant (or, after extended use, a depressant) by Aboriginal Australians widely across the continent.

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Poeppel Corner Survey Marker

Poeppel Corner Survey Marker is a heritage-listed survey marker at Poeppel Corner on the border corner of Queensland, South Australia and Northern Territory.

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Pooncarie

Pooncarie is a village in south-western New South Wales, Australia in Wentworth Shire.

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Queens Park, Moonee Ponds

Queens Park is a significant park in Moonee Ponds in the City of Melbourne, Australia.

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Quinyambi, New South Wales

Quintyambi is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County in far North West New South Wales.

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Racism in Australia

Racism in Australia traces both historical and contemporary racist community attitudes, as well as political non-compliance and governmental negligence on United Nations human rights standard and incidents in Australia.

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Raglan Homestead

Raglan Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead at Raglan Station Road, Raglan, Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Retrospective diagnosis

A retrospective diagnosis (also retrodiagnosis or posthumous diagnosis) is the practice of identifying an illness after the death of the patient (sometimes in a historical figure) using modern knowledge, methods and disease classifications.

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Robert Christison (pastoralist)

Robert Christison (8 January 1837 – 25 October 1915) was a pastoralist in Australia.

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Robert O'Hara Burke

Robert O'Hara Burke (6 May 1821c. 28 June 1861) was an Irish soldier and police officer who achieved fame as an Australian explorer.

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Roma Courthouse

Roma Courthouse is a heritage-listed courthouse at 141 McDowall Street, Roma, Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Rosstrevor, New South Wales

Rosstrevor, New South Wales in Central Darling Shire is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.

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Royal Park, Melbourne

Royal Park is the largest of Melbourne's inner city parks (181 hectares or 447 acres).

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Royal Society of Victoria

The Royal Society of Victoria (RSV) is the oldest learned society in the state of Victoria in Australia.

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Sam Kekovich

Sam Kekovich (born 11 March 1950) is an Australian media personality, sports commentator, Australian 'Lambassador' and former Australian rules football player.

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September 1916

The following events occurred in September 1916.

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Serpentine, Victoria

Serpentine is a town in north west Victoria, Australia.

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Sidney Nolan

Sir Sidney Robert Nolan (22 April 191728 November 1992) was one of Australia's leading artists of the 20th century.

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Silverton, New South Wales

Silverton is a small village at the far west of New South Wales, Australia, north-west of Broken Hill.

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Sir Charles Hardy Islands

Sir Charles Hardy Islands is in the reef of the same name adjacent to Pollard Channel & Blackwood Channel about 40 km east of Cape Grenville off Cape York Peninsula.

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South West Queensland

South West Queensland is a remote region in the Australian state of Queensland which covers.

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Station Creek Cemetery

Station Creek Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery at Normanton Road, Croydon, Shire of Croydon, Queensland, Australia.

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Stephen King (surveyor)

Stephen King (15 December 1841 – 8 October 1915) was a sketcher, surveyor and explorer.

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Strzelecki Desert

The Strzelecki Desert is located in the Far North Region of South Australia, South West Queensland and western New South Wales.

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Swan Hill

Swan Hill is a city in the northwest of Victoria, Australia on the Murray Valley Highway and on the south bank of the Murray River, downstream from the junction of the Loddon River.

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Sweers Island

Sweers Island is an island in the South Wellesley Islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.

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Tabletop Cemetery

Tabletop Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery is NE of Croydon, Shire of Croydon, Queensland, Australia.

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The Fortunes of Richard Mahony

The Fortunes of Richard Mahony is a three-part novel by Australian writer Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson under her pen name, Henry Handel Richardson.

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The Grand Hotel, Hughenden

The Grand Hotel is a heritage-listed former hotel at 36 Stansfield Street, Hughenden, Shire of Flinders, Queensland, Australia.

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The Robbers Tree

The Robbers Tree is a heritage-listed tree at Stockyard Street, Cunnamulla, Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia.

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Thiaminase

Thiaminase is an enzyme that metabolizes or breaks down thiamine into two molecular parts.

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Thomas Burr

Thomas Burr (1813–1866), surveyor and mine manager, was a British explorer and Deputy Surveyor General of South Australia 1839–46.

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Thomas Embling

Thomas Embling (26 August 1814 – 17 January 1893) was a doctor from the United Kingdom who took an interest in the humane treatment of inmates in asylums before emigrating to Melbourne, Australia where he set about reforming the Yarra Bend Asylum.

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Tibooburra, New South Wales

Tibooburra (pronounced or) is a town in the far northwest of New South Wales, Australia, located from the state capital, Sydney.

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Timeline of Australian history

This is a timeline of Australian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Australia and its predecessor states.

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Timeline of Melbourne history

This is a timeline of major events in the history of the city of Melbourne, Australia.

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Totnes

Totnes is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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Tragowel, Victoria

Tragowel is a small town in the Wimmera region of Western Victoria, Australia.

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Tree of Knowledge, Camooweal

Tree of Knowledge is a heritage-listed tree on the Barkly Highway, Camooweal, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.

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Ullollie, New South Wales

Ullollie, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.

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Utah, New South Wales

Utah Parish, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County in far North West New South Wales.

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Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park

The Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the northern Flinders Ranges, immediately southwest of and adjacent to the Arkaroola Protection Area.

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Wanaaring, New South Wales

Wanaaring is a village in north western New South Wales, Australia.

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White's Rooms

White's Rooms, later known as Adelaide Assembly Room, was a privately owned function centre which opened in 1856 on King William Street, Adelaide, South Australia.

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William Blandowski

Johann Wilhelm Theodor Ludwig von Blandowski, known as William Blandowski (21 January 1822 – 18 December 1878), was a German explorer, soldier, zoologist and mining engineer of Polish roots, he is most famous for his exploration of the Murray and Darling Rivers in Australia.

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William Henry Norman

William Henry Norman (1812–1869) was a sea captain in Australia.

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William Hodgkinson

William Oswald Hodgkinson (1835–1900) was an Australian explorer, journalist, gold miner, and politician.

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William John Wills

William John Wills (5 January 1834 – c.June/July 1861) was a British surveyor who also trained as a surgeon.

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William Landsborough

William Landsborough (21 February 1825 – 16 March 1886) was an explorer of Australia and notably he was the first explorer to complete a North-to-South crossing of Australia.

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William Strutt

William Strutt RBA, FZS (3 July 1825 – 3 January 1915) was an English artist.

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Wills & Burke

Wills & Burke (also known as The Wacky World of Wills & Burke and Wills & Burke: The Untold Story) is a 1985 Australian black comedy film about the Burke and Wills expedition.

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Wilson River (Queensland)

The Wilson River, part of the Lake Eyre Basin, is an ephemeral river located in the Channel Country in western Queensland, Australia.

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Wirra Wirra, New South Wales

The Parish has an arid landscape and is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer.

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Wirratcha, New South Wales

Wirratcha Parish is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County in far North West New South Wales.

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Wonominta, New South Wales

Wonominta, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County in far North West New South Wales.

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Woraro Parish, New South Wales

Woraro Parish, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.

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Yandaminta Creek

Yandaminta Creek is an ephemeral stream in Far West New South Wales that flows from near Milparinka to the South Australian border where it enters Lake Boolka.

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Yandruwandha people

The Yandruwandha, alternatively known as Jandruwanta, are an Indigenous Australian tribe living in the Lakes area of South Australia south of Cooper Creek and west of the Wangkumara people.

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1838 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1838 in Australia.

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1860 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1860 in Australia.

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1863 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1863 in Australia.

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9 by 5 Impression Exhibition

The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition was an art exhibition in Melbourne, Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Wills_expedition

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