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The name Australia (pronounced / ə ˈ s t r eɪ l i ə / in Australian English [41]) is derived from the Latin Terra Australis (' southern land '), a name used for a hypothetical continent in the Southern Hemisphere since ancient times. [42] Several 16th-century cartographers used the word Australia on maps, but not to identify modern ...
Released. August 1989. Label. ABC Kids. Producer. Allen Caswell, Don Spencer. Australia For Kids is a 1989 album by Don Spencer. This album was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album in 1990.
The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceased. 1869: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. This practice lasted 100 years and is known as the Stolen Generation. 1872: 22 August: The Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and ...
Culture ofAustralia. Australian culture is of primarily Western origins, and is derived from its British, Indigenous and migrant components. Indigenous peoples arrived as early as 60,000 years ago, and evidence of Aboriginal art in Australia dates back at least 30,000 years. [1] The British colonisation of Australia began in 1788 and waves of ...
The national flag of Australia is based on the British Blue Ensign —a blue field with the Union Jack in the upper hoist quarter—augmented with a large white seven-pointed star (the Commonwealth Star) and a representation of the Southern Cross constellation, made up of five white stars (one small five-pointed star and four, larger, seven ...
The continent of Australia, sometimes known in technical contexts by the names Sahul (/ səˈhuːl /), Australia-New Guinea, Australinea, or Meganesia[1][2][3] to distinguish it from the country of Australia, is located within the Southern and Eastern hemispheres. [4] The continent includes mainland Australia, Tasmania, the island of New Guinea ...
The history of Australia is the history of the land and peoples which comprise the Commonwealth of Australia. The modern nation came into existence on 1 January 1901 as a federation of former British colonies. The human history of Australia, however, commences with the arrival of the first ancestors of Aboriginal Australians by sea from ...
ABC Kids. ABC Kids is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 's part-time channel, broadcasting shows between the hours of 5 am and 7:30 pm for children 6 years old and younger, including an upper preschool audience. [1] It shares the same bandwidth as ABC Family which broadcasts outside ABC Kids' scheduled hours.