Although English has no official status in the Constitution, Australian English is Australia's de facto official language and is the first language of the majority of the population.

Although Tasmanian AFL Bid has been ongoing, the AFL's focus has become gaining marketshare in lucrative and broadcasting rights in two populous Australian states, introducing clubs on the Gold Coast, Queensland ( Gold Coast Football Club ) and in Greater Western Sydney ( Greater Western Sydney Football Club ).

Although he still wore a standard British officer's cap on arrival in the desert, he briefly wore an Australian broad-brimmed hat before switching to wearing the black beret ( with the badge of the Royal Tank Regiment next to the British General Officer's badge ) for which he became notable.

Although the term " tackle " is used in Australian Rules to exclusively describe wrapping, holding or wrestling a player in possession, there are also several other ways of contesting possession in Australian rules that other sports would describe as a " tackle " and that also involve a degree of contact.

Although the Australian defenders had been forced back from Point 24, heavy casualties had been inflicted on 21st Panzer Division.

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Although English bowlers did aim at the batsmen's body in the opening tour matches, they did not follow through by packing the leg-side field until Bill Woodfull led an Australian XI against the tourists in Melbourne on 18 – 22 November, in what was effectively a Test rehearsal.

Although the patent guaranteed land rights under force of law for the indigenous inhabitants it was ignored by the South Australian Company authorities and squatters.

Although the distinction may seem technical to native speakers of many languages, it is quite the reverse among the 250 or so autochthonous Australian languages.

Although no copyright applies to the song in Australia and many other countries, the Australian Olympic organisers had to pay royalties to Carl Fischer Music following the song being played at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta.

Although Portugal was neutral during World War II, in December 1941, Portuguese Timor was occupied by Australian and Dutch forces, which were expecting a Japanese invasion.

Although the Australian Capital Territory is now self-governing, the federal government retains some influence through the National Capital Authority.

Although the group had been illegalised by the Australian government who considered it a political threat, it continued to operate with the support of figures like Childe, whose political views were increasingly moving further to the left.

Although only on paper, Britain's involvement in the project was much reduced, after being largely responsible ( with an Australian launch site ) for getting the entire project going in the first place.

Although introduced fish have been found in most Australian waterways, none have been recorded in the Park.

Although Broken Hill is in New South Wales, the programming schedules for these channels is the same as Channel Nine, Channel Ten and Channel Seven in Adelaide, with local commercials inserted and some variations for coverage of Australian Football League or National Rugby League matches, local and national news and current affairs programs, some lifestyle and light entertainment shows and infomercials.

Although Portugal was neutral during World War II, in December 1941, Portuguese Timor was occupied by Australian and Dutch forces, which were expecting a Japanese invasion.

Although the law in this matter has since changed, the Australian Constitution prevented its retrospectivity and the Australian government has not taken any action against Hutt River since the declaration.

Although James Dean, Spencer Tracy, and Massimo Troisi were also posthumously nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, Peter Finch was the first actor to have won the award posthumously, as well as the first Australian actor to win a Best Actor award.

Although legislation to create one was passed in 1989, it was declared unconstitutional in Australian Tape Manufacturers Association Ltd v Commonwealth.

Although there were many IRA men — both Official and Provisional — present at the protest, it is claimed they were all unarmed, apparently because it was anticipated that the paratroopers would attempt to " draw them out ".

Although formally on ceasefire ( except for " defensive actions ") since 1972 ( see above ), the Official IRA continued some attacks on British forces up until mid 1973, killing seven British soldiers in what it termed " retaliatory attacks ".

Although recognized by the BC legislature's speaker, former Social Credit cabinet minister-turned BC Liberal Claude Richmond, as Leader of the Official Opposition, MacPhail's caucus was not granted party status by Campbell on the grounds that the legislature's rules stipulated a party must hold four seats.

** Official IRA ( 1969 – 72 ) Although formally on ceasefire, except for " defensive actions ," since 1972.

Although the Official IRA was drawn into the spiraling violence of the early period of conflict in Northern Ireland, it gradually stepped down its military campaign against the United Kingdom's armed presence in Northern Ireland, declaring a permanent ceasefire in May 1972.

Although appointed to this role Verrall, played little further role in the politics of the NF and was aloof from the struggle between the Official National Front and the Flag Group.

Although the Official Languages Act is not the only piece of federal language law, it is the legislative keystone of Canada's official bilingualism.

Although she has made musical performances at Carols by Candlelight in 2003 and ABBA Mania in 2006, very little of any plans to return to music did not happen until August 2008 when a new untitled demo track appeared on Pearen's Official MySpace page.

Although the reviewer at Official U. S. PlayStation Magazine acknowledged possible fears over a romantic storyline, he stated that " it's only later in the game, once you are really attached to all the distinct and complex characters, that the more emotional themes are gradually introduced ".

Although the resolution exists, the resolution was never printed in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation as required by law, as accused by defendant Borlongan.

Although South African Sign Language is not one of South Africa's 11 Official languages, the 1996 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa recognizes the role and importance of sign language in general ( see entry Legal recognition of sign languages ) by encouraging further developments and the promotion of " sign language " in South Africa ( Founding Provisions, Languages, Pan South African Language Board 6: 5 ).

Other media outlets received the game more positively, the PlayStation Official Magazine scored the game with an 8 / 10, saying " Although some issues with the controls and some bugs, the game is faithful to the series and delivers a true Tomb Raider experience ".

Although he felt that 16 character sheets was not a lot for the money, he predicted that " this product will sell well among AD & D players who like using Official character sheets, and not so well among those who don't ".

Although it was an accepted part of Hadrian's personal history that he was born in Spain, his biography in Augustan History states that he was born in Rome on 24 January AD 76, of a family originally Italian, but which had lived in Spain for many generations.

Although Till removes the planks of the bridge instead of sawing them there are some similarities to Till Eulenspiegel ( 32nd History ).

Although mentioned in the New Testament gospels, there are no extant non-biblical references to Nazareth until around 200 AD, when Sextus Julius Africanus, cited by Eusebius ( Church History 1. 7. 14 ), speaks of “ Nazara ” as a village in " Judea " and locates it near an as-yet unidentified “ Cochaba .” In the same passage Africanus writes of desposunoi-relatives of Jesus-who he claims kept the records of their descent with great care.

In The History of Mathematics, Burton writes, " Although Zeno's argument confounded his contemporaries, a satisfactory explanation incorporates a now-familiar idea, the notion of a ' convergent infinite series.

Although historical records of sea otter in the San Juan Islands are sparse, there is a sea otter specimen collected in 1897 in the " Strait of Fuca " in the National Museum of Natural History.

Although most scholars credit More with authoring the History of King Richard III, they debate the issue of the original authorship.

Although there is historical evidence for Vajrayana Buddhism in Southeast Asia and elsewhere ( see History of Vajrayana below ), today the Vajrayana exists primarily in the form of the two major sub-schools of Tibetan Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism in Japan known as Shingon, with a handful of minor subschools utilising lesser amounts of esoteric or tantric materials.

Although sequential descriptions of the Valar can be found in The Book of Lost Tales ( first begun as far back as 1916-7, but published in 1983 as volume 1 of The History of Middle-earth ), the earliest Valar-list that can be measured against Valaquenta is found in the text called Quenta Noldorinwa ( probably written in 1930, but first published in 1986 as part of The Shaping of Middle-earth, volume 4 of The History of Middle-earth ).

Although A History of Chess was recognised as the standard reference on the subject, its scholarly approach and great length ( 900 pages ) made it inaccessible to most chess players.

Although Center Township is new among the family of communities making up Beaver County, her traditions go back to the earliest period of Ohio Valley History.

Although Beebe and Barton performed no dives in 1933, their work gathered a large amount of publicity when the Bathysphere was displayed in a special exhibit for the American Museum of Natural History, and later at the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago, where they shared the fair's Hall of Science with Auguste Piccard.

Although primarily a biblical archaeologist, Albright was a polymath who made contributions in almost every field of Near Eastern studies: an example of his range is a BASOR 130 ( 1953 ) paper titled " New Light from Egypt on the Chronology and History of Israel and Judah ," in which he established that Shoshenq I — the Biblical Shishaq — came to power somewhere between 945 and 940 BC.

Although Lawrence Mott in his comprehensive treatment of the history of the rudder, Timothy Runyan, the Propyläen History of Technology, the Encyclopædia Britannica, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology classify a steering oar as a rudder, Joseph Needham, Lefèbre des Noëttes, K. S.

Although it was never completed, Brown planned from 1803 to 1806, with close friend Thomas Pym Cope, to publish a " History of Slavery " using the records of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society.

Although he had from an early period championed the individuality of cultures-for example, in his This Too a Philosophy of History for the Formation of Humanity ( 1774 ), he also championed the individuality of persons within a culture ; for example, in his On Thomas Abbt's Writings ( 1768 ) and On the Cognition and Sensation of the Human Soul ( 1778 ).

Although the story is set in 1862, Arthur Denison mentions Tyrannosaurus Rex ; however, Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of the American Museum of Natural History, named Tyrannosaurus Rex in 1905, long after the events in Dinotopia are supposed to take place, although it is possible that the Dinotopians were the first to discover Tyrannosaurus and coincidentally gave it the same name.

Although the protosciences were widespread in the ancient world, the rise of modern science was born from occult varieties of Western Esotericism reinterpreted in the " Age of Enlightenment " and is documented within the field known as the " History of Science ".

Although one eleventh-century source claims that Coenwulf's son, Cynehelm, briefly succeeded to the throne, it is more likely that Ceolwulf, Coenwulf's brother, was the next king .< ref name = Kenelm > See Alan Thacker, " Kings, Saints and Monasteries in Pre-Viking Mercia ", in Midland History, 1985, p. 8,

Although its name suggests focus on Mathematics and Science, ASMS also has a History Department and an English Department that offer college-level courses that prepare students for collegiate studies in those areas.

Although his early publication of 1787, Observations on Some Parts of Natural History, incorrectly attributed the prehistoric mounds of Ohio to the Danes, in his 1797 work ( mentioned above ) he reconsidered his earlier claim, identifying the Mound builders as Native Americans.

It was included on Same Difference's second album The Rest Is History Although not officially released as a single, the song charted on Swedish iTunes thanks to Alcazar's popularity in their homeland.

Although not videotaped in its entirety, the project called The History of American Music in 3 E-Z Pieces was recorded almost in entirety and released as Cube-E: Live in Holland.

Although 18th-century literature mentions Obeah often, one of the earliest references to Obeah in fiction can be found in 1800, in William Earle's novel Obi ; or, The History of Three-Finger'd Jack, a narrative inspired by true events that was also reinterpreted in several dramatic versions on the London stage in 1800 and following.