All three Americans qualified for the final, complemented by Stan Rowley of Australia.

Australia qualified for the semi-finals and faced co-hosts Pakistan on their home soil in Lahore.

Some countries ( e. g., UK and Australia ) operate points systems that give some lawful immigration visas to some non-citizens who are qualified for such shortage jobs.

A second edition of the Oceania Cup took place in 1980 in New Caledonia, at that time not a FIFA member, and was won by Australia in the final match played in Nouméa against Tahiti, with the result of 4-2, and was characterized by a poor result for New Zealand: out in the Group Stage losing against Tahiti ( 3-1 ) and Fiji ( 4-0 ), however two years after they qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Fiji, who qualified for this edition, was forced to withdraw due to civil war and was replaced by Vanuatu, who impressed in the semifinal against Australia: the Socceroos, managed by Frank Farina, won 1-0 thanks only to a penalty kick by Kevin Muscat.

On 16 November 2005, Australia qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup after they beat Uruguay.

It was the first time Australia had qualified for the World Cup since 1974 when it was held in West Germany.

In his submission to the Queen in July 1900, Secretary of State for the Colonies Joseph Chamberlain described Hopetoun as " exceptionally qualified to discharge the duties of this important position with ability and efficiency " and would be " heartily welcomed " in Australia.

All the other nations lost two games each, and Australia qualified for the final largely on the back of an impressive tally of points against New Zealand.

At the end of four years, Australia finished top of the table, and, through a victory over Great Britain in Christchurch, the Kiwis qualified to host the final.

Australia qualified for the final because they finished higher than their opposition on the Super Six table.

After defeating New Zealand, India qualified for the final against Australia.

Australia comfortably qualified for the Super Eights with their first match played at the new Antigua Recreation Ground in Antigua.

Australia qualified for the quarter-finals, although Ponting failed to find form, scoring 102 runs in five innings during the group stage of the tournament.

Making his début in Australia, Button crashed during practice and qualified second-last on the grid.

In Australia, he qualified on pole, but was overtaken on the run to the first corner by Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen after a safety car period ; he was running 5th in the race, before his engine blew at the last corner on the last lap.

He was named in the Australia squad for the Fifa Confederations Cup held in South Korea and Japan in 2001 and made the starting line-up in a shock win over France and a defeat by South Korea as Australia qualified from the Group stages.

Emerton played in both legs of World Cup play-off against Uruguay in November 2005, when the Socceroos qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, the first time that Australia had reached the finals of the World Cup since 1974, and was named in the Australian squad for the World Cup finals.

He was in the starting lineup for all three Group Stage games against Japan, Brazil and Croatia as Australia qualified for the second round.

In the first Grand Prix of 2009 in Australia, Button qualified in pole position with Barrichello in 2nd place, they went on to finish in those positions.

These teams were selected from a series of continental qualifying tournaments, with the exception of Australia who qualified automatically as hosts.

With successful games against Chile and Australia, both German teams had qualified early for the second round, with the inter-German game determining first and second in group.

While Australia and West Indies qualified from Group A, South Africa and New Zealand qualified from Group B for the semifinals.

In March, 1961, representatives of the national laboratories of Australia, Canada, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, U.S.S.R., United States, and West Germany, met at the NBS to devise means for reaching international agreement on a temperature scale between 10 and 90 Af.

Percy Roberts, a leading judge will not be at the International Show this year for the Junior Judging Contest as he has been invited to judge in Australia in March.

People depend less on seeds for foods in Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina, where extensive grazing lands support sheep or cattle, and the consumption of meat is high.

* Robert Owen Evans is a minister of the Uniting Church in Australia and an amateur astronomer who holds the all-time record for visual discoveries of supernovae.

The series is named after a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, in 1882 after a match at The Oval in which Australia beat England on an English ground for the first time.

As it took many years for the name " The Ashes " to be given to the ongoing series between England and Australia, there was no concept of there being a representation of the ashes being presented to the winners.

It is in fact a private memento, and for this reason it is never awarded to either England or Australia, but is kept permanently in the MCC Cricket Museum where it can be seen together with the specially made red and gold velvet bag and the scorecard of the 1882 match.

Furthermore, in 2002, Bligh's great-great-grandson Lord Clifton, the heir-apparent to the Earldom of Darnley, argued that the Ashes urn should not be returned to Australia because it belonged to his family and was given to the MCC only for safe keeping.

This match ended in a victory for Australia

There was more chopping and changing in the teams, given that there was no official board of selectors for each country ( in 1887 – 88, two separate English teams were on tour in Australia ) and popularity with the fans varied.

Australia had scored a massive 586 ( Syd Gregory 201, George Giffen 161 ) and then dismissed England for 325.

But England responded with 437 and then dramatically dismissed Australia for 166 with Bobby Peel taking 6 for 67.

In the First Test ( the first played at Edgbaston ), after scoring 376 England bowled out Australia for 36 ( Wilfred Rhodes 7 / 17 ) and reduced them to 46 – 2 when they followed on.

My one idea when going into bat was to make runs for Australia.

Clarrie Grimmett's 29 wickets at 31. 89 for Australia in this high-scoring series were also important.

England eventually faced a massive 707 run target for victory and failed, Australia winning the series 2 – 1.

Bradman's men were greeted by packed crowds across the country, and records for Test attendances in England were set in the Second and Fourth Tests at Lord's and Headingley respectively ; the crowd at Headingley remains a record, and it was there that Australia set a world record by chasing down 404 on the last day for a seven-wicket victory.

The 1948 series ended with one of the most poignant moments in cricket history, as Bradman played his final innings for Australia in the Fifth Test at The Oval, needing to score only four runs to end with a career batting average of exactly 100.

It was in the 1960s that the bipolar dominance of England and Australia in world cricket was seriously challenged for the first time.

West Indies defeated England twice in the mid-1960s and South Africa, in two series before they were banned for apartheid, completely outplayed Australia 3 – 1 and 4 – 0.

Allan Border made his Test debut for Australia in 1978 – 79.

Chasing just 130, Australia were sensationally dismissed for 111, Bob Willis taking 8 – 43.

In the latter part of the 1990s Waugh himself, along with his twin brother Mark, scored heavily for Australia and fast bowlers Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie made a serious impact, especially the former.