Hagan appealed to the United Nations, winning a committee recommendation to the Australian federal government, that it force the Queensland state government to remove the word nigger from the " E. S. ' Nigger ' Brown Stand " name.

* The Trust Territory of New Guinea ( Australia ): The north-eastern section of this island had been a League of Nations mandate, the south-eastern section had been Australian before World War I ; after World War II, the two were combined into a unified entity for administrative purposes, although the legal distinction between the Territory of Papua and the Territory of New Guinea was maintained.

Major General Peter Cosgrove ( right ) Australian commander of the United Nations backed peace keeping operation ( INTERFET ) to East Timor.

John Howard conferred with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and lobbied U. S. President Bill Clinton for an Australian led international peace keeper force to enter East Timor to end the violence.

Contrary to some reports, SASR did not provide a security team for service in Cambodia although a number of SAS qualified signallers from 152 Signal Squadron were deployed as part of the Australian military contribution to the United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia ( UNAMIC ) and FCU UNTAC.

During 2003 and 2004 the Australian Government was reported to have refused requests from the United States and United Nations to increase Australia's contribution to the Multinational force in Iraq through taking over the responsibility for providing security to a sector of Iraq.

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Following the outbreak of World War I, the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force seized the islands in 1914 and Australia later received a League of Nations mandate for the islands.

As per an agreement between Nauru and Australia in 1976, in application of article 57 of the Constitution of Nauru, the High Court of Australia is the ultimate court of appeal for the sovereign Republic of Nauru, formerly an Australian League of Nations mandate.

* British, Irish, New Zealand, Asian, Japanese, Russian, Dutch, French, Spanish, Bellarus, Ukrainian, Scandinavian, Argentinian, Chilean, South African, Pacific Islands, Brazilian, Mexican, Peruvian, Arabic Nations, Indian, Pakistan, Nepalese and Australian Araucana – beards, muffs and crest, with tail feathers, blue eggs, slate or olive / willow legs and grey / white skin

** 1888-1889 Franz Leopold Sonnenschein ( b. 1857-d. 1897 ); next, as it was since 14 April 1888 administratively part of the ( German ) Marshall Islands, it had mere Bezirksamtleute ( District officers ; 2 October 1888-1906 ), then, being since 1 April 1906 administratively part of German New Guinea, Stationsleiter (' Station Chiefs '; from 1911, subordinated to the administrators of Ponape district ) till 6 November 1914, finally the island was lost ( Australian administration, first by a military Commander, then under League of Nations mandate )

Kota Kinabalu also hosts numerous national, regional, and international conferences or trade fairs every year including the biennial Sabah International Expo, the Asia Pacific eTourism Conference by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ( UNCTAD ), the ASEAN Australian Engineering Congress, and many others.

In 1941 Hasluck was recruited to the staff of the Department of External Affairs, and served on Australian delegations to several international conferences, including the San Francisco Conference which founded the United Nations.

It became the Territory of New Guinea, a League of Nations Mandate Territory under Australian administration until 1949 ( interrupted by Japanese occupation during the New Guinea campaign ) when it was merged with the Australian territory of Papua to become the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, which eventually became modern Papua New Guinea.

His government was responsible for the housing of Australian asylum seekers on the island and also Nauru's admission to the United Nations and full membership in the Commonwealth of Nations.

The primary focus of these rotations was to conduct Maritime Interception Operations as part of a US, Australian and British force enforcing United Nations Security Council resolutions against Iraq.

The Battle of Kapyong () ( 22 – 25 April 1951 ), also known as the Battle of Jiaping (), was fought during the Korean War between United Nations ( UN ) forces — primarily Australian and Canadian — and the Chinese communist People's Volunteer Army.

It was devolved to Australian jurisdiction in the year 1906, and in 1949 it was dissolved as a political entity when it was amalgamated with the former German New Guinea territory that had been mandated to Australia by the League of Nations after World War I.

" Draw " is usually used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations ( except in Canada ) and it is usually used for sports such as association football and Australian rules football.

This brought censure from the government of Norway who said the Australian Government failed to meet obligations to distressed mariners under international law at the United Nations.

" Australian ambassador David Stuart said in the United Nations that " the rescue by the MV Tampa occurred outside the search and rescue region designated as being the responsibility of Australia.

A pair of Monaro GT racecars powered by an Australian built version of the 427 cu in Corvette C5-R engine was built by Garry Rogers Motorsport to compete in the Australian Nations Cup Championship and went on to win the 2002 and 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour races.

Between 1977 and 1987, the Australian Football Council ( AFC ) in conjunction with the VFL ran a night series, which invited clubs and representative sides from around the country to participate in the " National Football League " for the Wills Cup, however Victorian sides still dominated.

Twenty countries have participated in the Euro Cup and 22 countries have participated in the International Cup with both competitions prohibiting Australian players.

The Australian Football International Cup is currently the highest level of senior international competition.

The 1974 Australian America's Cup Challenger was named " Southern Cross " KA 4 representing the Royal Perth Yacht Club and was defeated 4-0 sailing off Newport Rhode Island by " Courageous " US26 sailing for the New York Yacht Club.

A large crowd of over 10, 000 fans welcome the Australian team on completing the first World Cup Hat-trick # Cricket | hat-trick – Martin Place, Sydney.

The MCG, often referred to by locals as " The G ", has also hosted other major events, including International Rules between the Australian Football League ( AFL ) and Gaelic Athletic Association, international Rugby union, State of Origin series ( rugby league ), FIFA World Cup qualifiers and International Friendly matches, serves as the finish line for the Melbourne Marathon and also major rock concerts.

Other transnational competitions include the Pro 12, involving Irish, Italian, Scottish and Welsh teams ; The Rugby Championship, involving South African, Australian, New Zealand and Argentinian Teams ; and the Heineken Cup, involving the top European teams from their respective domestic competitions.

Two-time Australian V8 Supercar Champion Marcos Ambrose has competed the Sprint Cup Series events since 2007.

Only in the final sets of matches at the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, the Olympic Games, Davis Cup, and Fed Cup are tie-breaks not played.

With both Sampras and Agassi participating, the U. S. won the Davis Cup in 1995. Notable Sampras-Agassi matches of 1995 included the finals of the Australian Open, the Newsweek Champions Cup, the Lipton International Players Championships, the Canadian Open, and the US Open, with Sampras winning the Newsweek Champions Cup and the US Open.

The Australian said this has helped secure the BDO's world status and become recognised as one of the most successful and long-running rock festivals in the world, going on to say the festival is as much a part of Australian culture as the Melbourne Cup.

Taylor scored 74, a record score by an Australian captain in the World Cup, but Sri Lanka comfortably triumphed on this occasion by seven wickets to claim the trophy.

* Glencoe II, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, won 1868 Melbourne Cup

His three centuries at the 1996 Cricket World Cup made him the only batsman to ever achieve this feat, and a fourth century in the 1999 tournament made him the only Australian to score more than 1000 runs in World Cup competition and to score four centuries.

Since its inception in 1954, the Australian team has dominated the Rugby League World Cup, having won the competition nine times.

In order to seek a higher level of competition, the Australian national team moved from the Oceania Football Confederation to the Asian Football Confederation in 2006, a much stronger confederation which has guaranteed places in the World Cup, thereby avoiding repetition of a history of missed opportunities in forced sudden-death playoffs.

* Rally racing – In the first rally to cross the Sahara Desert, the Australian team of Ken Tubman, Andre Welenski, and Jim Reddiex win the World Cup Rally driving a Citroën.

* The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Courageous defeats Australian challenger Southern Cross, of the Royal Perth Yacht Club, 4 races to 0 ; it is Australian businessman Alan Bond's first Cup challenge

:* Central Coast Rays, a rugby union club playing in the Australian Rugby Championship

Albert Park also has the distinction of being the only venue to hold the Australian Grand Prix in both World Championship and non-World Championship formats.

Originally built for the Central Coast Bears team in the NRL rugby league competition ( to this day, the seats are arranged to say ' Go Bears '), since 2005 it is now the home of the Central Coast Mariners A-League association football team and was the home venue of the Central Coast Rays rugby union Australian Rugby Championship team

In 1992, he joined County Championship newcomers Durham before retiring midway through the 1993 season, his last match being Durham's match against the visiting Australian XI.

* Australian V8 Superboats Jet Sprint Championship

Brabham won the 1948 Australian Speedway Championship, the 1949 Australian and South Australian Speedcar championships, and the 1950 – 1951 Australian championship with the car.

In February and March 1985 the Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket was played at the MCG, a One Day International tournament involving all of the then Test match playing countries to celebrate 150 years of the Australian state of Victoria.

He raced in Australian Superbikes in the late 1980s, and also won both races as Superbike World Championship visited Oran Park in.

* Australian Production Car Championship APCC ( CAMS / FIA )-

* Australian Production Touring Car Championship PTCC ( AASA ) -

* July 10 – Peter Thomson becomes the first Australian to win the British Open Golf Championship.

Formerly the Australian Touring Car Championship, the current formula was devised in 1993 ( based on Group A regulations ) and branded as ' V8 Supercars ' in 1997.

* Australian Super Touring Championship ran from 1993 to 2001.

* Australian Sports Car Championship – A series which ran from 1969 to 1988.

* Australian GT Championship – A series for GT type cars which ran from 1982 to 1985 and from 2005 to date.

It was then renamed for 2005 as the Australian GT Championship.

* Australian Rally Championship

Cars from all three classes would contest the Australian Touring Car Championship as well as non-championship Australian touring car events such as the Bathurst 1000 ; but for the purposes of race classification and points allocation, cars competed in two classes: