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The standardisation of time in Australia began in 1892, when surveyors from the six colonies in Australia met in Melbourne for the Intercolonial Conference of Surveyors. . The delegates accepted the recommendation of the 1884 International Meridian Conference to adopt Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) as the basis for standard t
These jurisdictions changed on 27 August 2000. South Australia did not change until the regular time, which that year was on 29 October. In 2006, all states that followed daylight-saving time (the above listed states plus South Australia) delayed the return to their respective Standard Times by a week, due to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in ...
The date and time in Australia are most commonly recorded using the day–month–year format (2 January 2025) and the 12-hour clock (3:46 am), although 24-hour time is used in some cases. For example, some public transport operators such as V/Line [1] and Transport NSW [2] use 24-hour time, although others use 12-hour time instead.
Brisbane (/ ˈ b r ɪ z b ən / ⓘ BRIZ-bən, [10] Turrbal/Yagara: Meanjin, Meaanjin, Maganjin or Magandjin) is the capital and largest city of the state of Queensland [11] and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population over 2.7 million. [1]
11 July – Australia records its first death from the COVID-19 pandemic for 2021, [dubious – discuss] as Sydney records 77 cases of community transmission. [ 40 ] 14 July – Following a relocation from Sydney , then Newcastle , Queensland defeat New South Wales 20–18 at Cbus Super Stadium in the third match of the 2021 State of Origin ...
Novak Djokovic was beaten 7-6 (6), 6-3 by big-serving Reilly Opelka in the Brisbane International quarterfinals on Friday. The 37-year-old Djokovic was playing his first tournament of the year.
Aerial View of the Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia. Much of the rock upon which Brisbane is located is the characteristic Brisbane tuff, a form of welded ignimbrite, [3] which is most prominently found at the Kangaroo Point Cliffs at Kangaroo Point and the New Farm Cliffs on the Petrie Bight reach of the Brisbane River.
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