Notable geological formations in the Australian Capital Territory include the Canberra Formation, the Pittman Formation, Black Mountain Sandstone and State Circle Shale.

The operation was carried out by elements of the United States 10th Mountain Division, 101st Airborne Division, the U. S. special forces groups TF 11, TF Bowie, and TF Dagger, British Royal Marines, the Norwegian Forsvarets Spesialkommando ( FSK ), Hærens Jegerkommando and Marinejegerkommandoen, Canada's 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Canada's Joint Task Force 2, the Afghan National Army, the German KSK, and elements of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment and of the New Zealand Special Air Service.

The operation was composed of elements of the United States 10th Mountain Division, 101st Airborne Division, TF Rakkasan, B Co. 159th Avn Rgt, 75th Ranger Regiment, the US Special Operation Forces groups to include elements of forces from USSOCOM, JSOC and CIA's Special Activities Division, TF 11, TF Bowie, and TF Dagger, British Royal Marines, Canada's 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and Joint Task Force 2, the Afghan National Army, the German KSK, the Turkish Maroon Berets, the Norwegian FSK and Marinejegerkommandoen, and elements of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment, the New Zealand Special Air Service and Danish special forces from Jægerkorpset and the Danish Frogman Corps.

This, plus the actions of the two SASR officers working with the 10th Mountain Division, earned the commander of the Australian SASR force in Afghanistan the US Bronze Star for his unit's outstanding contribution to the war on terrorism.

Eucalyptus regnans, the Australian Mountain Ash, is the tallest of all flowering plants ( Angiosperms ); today, the tallest measured specimen named Centurion is tall .< ref name = tallest >

Anecdotal evidence suggest that racism was a key factor — in his book on the history of Australian radio, author and broadcaster Wayne Mac recounts that when a local Melbourne DJ of the 1960s played the new Ike and Tina Turner single " River Deep Mountain High " it was immediately pulled from the playlist by the station's program manager for being " too noisy and too black ".

This particular Australian mythology also spawned Cuomo's eclectic Paris-based band, " Mormos ", originally " The Misty Mountain Mormos.

Rickettsia species are carried by many ticks, fleas, and lice, and cause diseases in humans such as typhus, rickettsialpox, Boutonneuse fever, African tick bite fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Flinders Island spotted fever and Queensland tick typhus ( Australian Tick Typhus ).

In April 2008, the Australian singing group Human Nature released a CD with Wilson guest-starring in a rendition of " River Deep – Mountain High " with the group, a cover of the 1970 hit by the post-Ross Supremes and the Four Tops.

There are a number of sports represented in Ferntree Gully including cricket, netball ( the Mountain Districts Netball Association courts are based in Ferntree Gully ), basketball ( Ferntree Gully Falcons Basketball Club ), Australian rules football ( Ferntree Gully Eagles and Eastern Lions compete in the Eastern Football League ), tennis, swimming ( Knox-Sherbrooke Swimming Centre ), table tennis, lawn bowls and gymnastics ( Knox Gymnastics Centre ).

A dozen other telescopes are on Siding Spring Mountain, a number of which are operated by the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University.

Together with its neighbouring township Olinda Ferny Creek has an Australian Rules football team ( Olinda-Ferny Creek ) competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.

The town has an Australian Rules football team, The Bloods, competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.

Together with its neighbouring township Ferny Creek Olinda has an Australian Rules football and netball teams ( Olinda-Ferny Creek ) competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.

Together with Warburton, Millgrove has an Australian Rules football team ( Warburton Millgrove ) competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.

The town has a wide variety of sporting and leisure clubs including an Australian Rules football team competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League, cricket club, soccer club, tennis club, aquatic club, pony club, bowling club, basketball club, netball club, scouts and girl guides.

The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.

Together with its neighbouring township Upwey, Tecoma has an Australian Rules football team ( Upwey-Tecoma ) competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.

Together with its neighbouring township Tecoma, Upwey has an Australian Rules football team ( Upwey-Tecoma ) competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.

Wandin has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.

Together with its neighbouring township Millgrove, Warburton has an Australian Rules football team ( Warburton Millgrove ) competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.

The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.

The town has an Australian Rules football team, the Woori Tigers, competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.

The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.

" Goin ' Out West " is featured in the 1999 film Fight Club and has been covered by Queens of the Stone Age, Gomez, Widespread Panic, Gov't Mule, and Australian blues guitarist Ash Grunwald.

The other band members include guitarist / songwriter Ash Mannerheim ( Project X ), Rob Brens ( Alarum ) drums, Jon Chamberlain on keyboards and Rob Farnham ( Lunchcutter, Nana-zhami ), son of Australian singer John Farnham, on guitar and vocals.

Alpine Ash requires very high rainfall by Australian standards — over 1200mm ( 47 inches ) per year and snow or frosts during the winter months.

* Richard Ash Kingsford, Australian politician

* Flindersia australis, Australian Teak, Crows Ash, maple silkwood

Ash Wednesday is an Australian musician, who played in JAB, the Models and Einstürzende Neubauten.

* Ash Wednesday ( musician ), an Australian musician

He has also played with a range of Australian artists, including The Whitlams, Sarah Blasko, and Ash Grunwald.

This pronunciation is also common in Australian English, but not in General American English or British English.

In contrast to other common law nations, Australian double jeopardy law has been held to extend to the prevention of prosecution for perjury following a previous acquittal where a finding of perjury would controvert the previous acquittal.

As an example of false cognates, the word for " dog " in the Australian Aboriginal language Mbabaram happens to be dog, although there is no common ancestor or other connection between that language and English ( the Mbabaram word evolved regularly from a protolinguistic form * gudaga ).

The festival's chief executive, Richard Moore, compared Loach's tactics to blackmail, stating that " we will not participate in a boycott against the State of Israel, just as we would not contemplate boycotting films from China or other nations involved in difficult long-standing historical disputes .” Australian lawmaker Michael Danby also criticised Loach ’ s tactics stating that “ Israelis and Australians have always had a lot in common, including contempt for the irritating British penchant for claiming cultural superiority.

He opposed Howard's policy on asylum-seekers, campaigned in support of an Australian Republic and attacked what he perceived as a lack of integrity in Australian politics, together with former Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam, finding much common ground with his predecessor.

This includes a variety of native fish such as the famous Murray cod, trout cod, golden perch, Macquarie perch, silver perch, eel-tailed catfish, Australian smelt and western carp gudgeon, to name a few, and other aquatic species like the Murray short-necked turtle, Murray River crayfish, broad-clawed yabbies and the large clawed Macrobrachium shrimp, as well as aquatic species more widely distributed through south-eastern Australia such as common long-necked turtles, common yabbies, the small claw-less Paratya shrimp, water rats and Platypus.

The term opossums is properly used to refer to the American species ( though possum is a common diminutive ), while similar Australian species are properly called possums.

According to the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics ( now the Australian Bureau of Statistics ), " In common with other natives, the islanders are very susceptible to tuberculosis and influenza, and in 1921 an influenza epidemic caused the deaths of 230 islanders.

In some common law jurisdictions, such as England and Wales and the Australian state of Victoria, plea bargaining is permitted only to the extent that the prosecutors and the defense can agree that the defendant will plead guilty to some charges and the prosecutor will drop the remainder.

A common unique type is the Aussie, Australian or Australiana which has the usual tomato sauce base and mozzarella cheese with bacon and egg ( seen as quintessentially Australian breakfast fare ).

However, third parties are more common in the Australian Senate, which uses a proportional voting system more amenable to minor parties.

* In 2006, Australian scientist Ian Frazer developed a vaccine for the Human Papillomavirus, a common cause of cervical cancer.

Shiraz is also the " S " in " GSM " ( Grenache-Shiraz-Mourvèdre ), which is common Australian designation for a Châteneuf-du-Pape-like blend.

Many of the better-known Australian crayfish are of the genus Cherax, and include the marron ( now believed to be two species, Cherax tenuimanus and C. cainii ), red-claw crayfish ( Cherax quadricarinatus ), common yabby ( Cherax destructor ) and western yabby ( Cherax preissii ).

Dude ranches are common in the United States and Australian Outback.

From the early 21st century, farmed basa imported from Vietnam and hoki have become common in Australian fish and chip shops.

One very common large seabird is the Australian Pelican, which can be found in most waterways in Australia.

The tree frogs, from family Hylidae, are common in high rainfall areas on the north and east coasts ; there are 77 Australian species from three genera.

An Australian company converts common carp into plant fertilizer.

In 1864, the Australian Black Swan was introduced to New Zealand as an ornamental waterfowl, and populations are now common on larger coastal or inland lakes, especially Rotorua Lakes, Lake Wairarapa and Lake Ellesmere, and the Chatham Islands.

American fast food outlets are common while Australian fast food chains are less common.