He was a strong supporter of Australia's participation in World War I, and after a visit to Britain in 1916 he became convinced that conscription was necessary if Australia was to sustain its contribution to the war effort.

Some historians point to falling audience numbers, a lack of interest in Australian product and narratives, and Australia's participation in the war.

Nevertheless, Push associates regularly assisted in organising and turning out for street demonstrations, e. g., against South African apartheid and in support of victims of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre ; against the initial refusal of immigration minister Alexander Downer, Sr. to grant political asylum to three Portuguese merchant seamen who jumped ship in Darwin ; and against Australia's participation in the Vietnam War.

Hughes was a strong supporter of Australia's participation in World War I and, after the loss of 28, 000 men as casualties ( killed, wounded and missing ) in July and August 1916, Generals Birdwood and White of the Australian Imperial Force ( AIF ) persuaded Hughes that conscription was necessary if Australia was to sustain its contribution to the war effort.

Despite attracting less media attention than AFL and rugby league, soccer is Australia's highest participation football code, with both boys and girls at junior level, as well with men and women at senior level.

Australia's historical links to Britain have contributed to the establishment of strong traditions in sports of British origin, such as cricket, the rugby codes and soccer, but in recent decades there has been a marked increase in interest and participation in American sports, particularly basketball.

Additions since the 1940s have allowed the remembrance of Australia's participation in other more recent conflicts.

It is also responsible for Australia's participation in a number of international environmental agreements.

Australia's involvement in international peacekeeping operations has been diverse, and included participation in both United Nations sponsored missions, as well as those as part of ad-hoc coalitions.

Australia's participation in the Vietnam War put the RAN in a difficult situation: the United Kingdom was not involved in the conflict, and RAN ships were effectively fighting under the flag of another, uninvolved nation.

He played in all of Australia's matches, scoring 65 runs with a best of 37 before injuring a hamstring, which prevented his participation in Australia's tour of India that followed.

On 21 July 2007, Aloisi scored in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup's quarterfinal match against Japan ( 1 – 1 ), in an eventual penalty shootout exit in Australia's first ever participation in that tournament.

The AOC raises the necessary funds for the preparation, participation and recognition of members of Australia's Olympic Teams through corporate sponsorship, licensing and traditional fundraising activities.

Rugby league enjoys only minor participation in other states of Australia due to competition with Australia's other premier football league, the Australian Football League and the high junior level participation rates of soccer.

Chisholm mistakenly noted in his official report that it was Australia's second participation, forgetting the delegations sent in 1936, 1952 and 1956.

Australia's ageing post-war team broke up after 1926, with Collins, Charlie Macartney and Warren Bardsley all departing, and Gregory breaking down at the start of the 1928 – 29 series.

Around 10, 000 Allied troops arrived in Darwin in the early 1940s at the outset of World War II, in order to defend Australia's northern coastline.

* ECHIDNA, high-resolution neutron powder diffractometer at Australia's research reactor OPAL

About the coup, Australia's Foreign Minister at the time, Alexander Downer, said that the military were " slowly trying to take control " and pressure the PM to resign.

Following the grant announcement, Kevin Rudd, Australia's then Prime Minister, stated that production would support 600 new jobs at the Elizabeth facility.

The head of one of Australia's leading private schools supported use of the DVD in the classroom at the discretion of teachers and principals.

* 1977 – Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.

Researchers at Oxford University have found DNA evidence connected to Australia's Emu and the Ostrich of Africa.

Under John Gorton he became Minister for Education and Science, and in 1969 he was made Minister for Defence: a challenging post at the height of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War and the protests against it.

At in length, the Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains and, for most of its length, meanders across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between the states of New South Wales and Victoria as it flows to the northwest, before turning south for its final or so into South Australia, reaching the ocean at Lake Alexandrina.

Margaret River is located inland from the Indian Ocean at a point about halfway between Cape Naturaliste and Cape Leeuwin in Western Australia's South West region.

* 1978 – Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317. 60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.

Although, at the time it was seen as confirming Menzies ' status as a world statesman, it was of vital importance to Australia's shipping trade with Britain.

It was thought that the surface at The Oval would favour pacemen, but Australia's selection proved to be a blunder as England's spinners took them to the only win of the series, allowing them to regain the Ashes.

Australia's chances of winning looked remote when they reached tea at 6 / 109 with 124 runs still required with only the tailenders to follow.

According to Australian maps, South Australia's south coast is flanked by the Southern Ocean, but official international consensus defines the Southern Ocean as extending north from the pole only to 60 ° S or 55 ° S, at least 17 degrees of latitude further south than the most southern point of South Australia.

With the advantage of being located near the Arabian Peninsula, Somali traders have increasingly begun to challenge Australia's traditional dominance over the Persian Gulf Arab livestock and meat market, offering quality animals at very low prices.

This was based on gaming machines in casinos only, and at December 2010 there were 751, 520 gaming machines ( very similar to Australia's poker machines ) operating in the United States compared to 200, 057 operating in Australia.

He at times clashed with Churchill in the War Cabinet, and was unable to achieve significant assurances for increased commitment to Singapore's defences, but undertook morale boosting excursions to war affected cities and factories and was well received by the British press and generally raised awareness in Britain of Australia's contribution to its war effort.

Led by migrants from the British Isles, Western Australia's population developed at a faster rate during the twentieth century than it had previously.

** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, near Sydney, leaves 83 people dead.

** The 1977 Rugby League World Cup culminates in Australia's 13 – 12 victory over Great Britain at the Sydney Cricket Ground before about 24, 450 spectators.

* October 9 – The 1985-88 Rugby League World Cup culminates in Australia's 25 – 12 victory over New Zealand at Auckland's Eden Park before 47, 363 spectators.

* October 8 – Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317. 6 mph ( 511. 13 km / h at Blowering Dam, Australia.

As South Australia's seat of government and commercial centre, Adelaide is the site of many governmental and financial institutions.

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.

In Australia's Federal Parliament, the ACT is represented by four federal members: two members of the House of Representatives ; the Division of Fraser and the Division of Canberra and is one of only two territories to be represented in the Senate, with two Senators ( the other being the Northern Territory ).

* 1984 – Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.

Riversleigh, in Queensland, is one of Australia's most renowned fossil sites and was recorded as a World Heritage site in 1994.

Most of Australia's iron ore is also mined in the Pilbara and it also has one of the world's major manganese mines,

The song Waltzing Matilda, which is about a swagman and squatters, is probably Australia's best internationally known and most well-loved song.

Riversleigh, in Queensland, is one of Australia's most renowned fossil sites and was recorded as a World Heritage site in 1994.

He is Labor's longest-serving Prime Minister and Australia's third-longest-serving Prime Minister.

* 1948 – Taman Shud Case: The body of an unidentified man is found in Adelaide, Australia ; involving an undetectable poison and a secret code in a very rare book, the case remains unsolved and is " one of Australia's most profound mysteries ".

Having been almost entirely rebuilt twice, once due to Japanese air raids during World War II, and again after being devastated by Cyclone Tracy in 1974, the city is one of Australia's most modern capitals.

He later opined that the governor-general's role was more than a representative of the sovereign, explaining: " under section 2 of the Constitution the Governor-General is the Queen's representative and exercises certain royal prerogative powers and functions ; under section 61 of the Constitution the Governor-General is the holder of a quite separate and independent office created, not by the Crown, but by the Constitution, and empowered to exercise, in his own right as Governor-General and not as a representative or delegate of the Queen, all the powers and functions of Australia's head of state.

He is known as host of the Minnesota Public Radio show A Prairie Home Companion ( also known as Garrison Keillor's Radio Show on United Kingdom's BBC Radio 4 Extra, as well as on RTÉ in Ireland, Australia's ABC, and Radio New Zealand National in New Zealand ).

Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney, New South Wales.

Hobart is home to Australia's oldest theatre, the Theatre Royal, as well as the Playhouse theatre, the Backspace theatre and many smaller stage theatres.

Today, Holt is mainly remembered for his somewhat controversial role in expanding Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, for his famous " All the way with LBJ " quote, and for the sensational circumstances of his death.

Heinz Australia's head office is located in Melbourne.

The writ of habeas corpus as a procedural remedy is part of Australia's English law inheritance.

An exception is found off Australia's western coast, where the shelf width exceeds 1, 000 kilometres ( 600 mi ).

AUSTRAC ( Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ) is Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulator and specialist financial intelligence unit.