* Watson, J. R. Australian Conference on Cave Tourism and Management ( 4th: 1981: Yallingup ) Proceedings of the fourth Australian Conference on Cave Tourism and Management: Yallingup, Western Australia, September 1981. hosted jointly by Busselton Tourist Bureau and Australian Speleological Federation.

* Australian Soccer Association, former name of Football Federation Australia

Originating from the early intercolonial matches, these tests continued well after Federation of Australia in 1901 and the Australian Football Council co-ordinated regular interstate carnivals.

He enjoyed good relationships with union leaders like Albert Monk, President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, and Jim Healy, leader of the radical Waterside Workers Federation and he gained a reputation for tolerance, restraint and a willingness to compromise, although his controversial decision to use troops to take control of cargo facilities during a waterside dispute in Bowen, Queensland in September 1953 provoked bitter criticism.

His grandfather, Simon Fraser, emigrated from Nova Scotia in 1853, becoming a successful pastoralist and speculator, as well as a member of the Victorian Parliament, the Federation Conventions of 1897 – 98 and the Australian Senate.

It was the last of the Australian colonies to agree to join the Federation, and did so only after the other colonies had offered several concessions, including the construction of a transcontinental railway line to Perth ( via Kalgoorlie ) from the eastern states.

In 1933, Western Australia voted in a referendum to leave the Australian Federation, with a majority of two to one in favour of secession.

Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, Western Australia became an Australian state and the responsibilities of the office of premier were diminished.

Australian telecommunications services were originally controlled by the Postmaster-General's Department ( PMG ), formed in 1901 as a result of Australian Federation, prior 1901 telecommunications were administered by each colony.

* February 1 – Western Australia announced its refusal to join the Australian Federation unless it is given five more years of fiscal freedom.

* May 27 – Sir Henry Parkes, Father of Australian Federation ( d. 1896 )

New Zealand initially expressed interest in joining the proposed Federation of the Australian colonies, attending the 1891 National Australia Convention in Sydney.

Interest in the proposed Australian Federation faded and New Zealand decided against joining the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, and instead changed from being a colony to a separate " dominion " in 1907, equal in status to Australia and Canada.

Immigration was a prominent topic in the lead up to Australian Federation.

At the Federation Convention, Western Australian premier and future federal cabinet member, John Forrest, summarised the prevailing feeling:

The Barton Government which won the first elections following Federation in 1901 was formed by the Protectionist Party with the support of the Australian Labour Party.

He is the only person in Australian history to have been Prime Minister, Premier of a State, and Leader of the Opposition in both the Federal Parliament and a State Parliament ( although George Reid had served as Premier of a colony before Federation ).

The composition of the Senate, in which each state has an equal number of senators regardless of that state's population, was originally designed to attract the Australian colonies into one Federation.

The concept of a parallel body to expedite Parliamentary business, based on the Australian Federation Chamber, was mentioned in a 1998 British House of Commons report, which led to the creation of that body's parallel chamber Westminster Hall.

At the Australian Federation Convention which produced the first draft that was to become the Australian Constitution in Sydney in 1891, a former Premier of New South Wales George Dibbs described as the " inevitable destiny of the people of this great country " the establishment of " the Republic of Australia ".

In The Centenary Companion to Australian Federation, edited by Helen Irving, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1989

The University is a member of the publicly-funded national system of Australian universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the International Federation of Catholic Universities.

These were Lily Tomlin, a gay actress and comedian ; Peter Tatchell, a world-renowned gay rights campaigner ; Don Baxter, Executive Director of the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations at that time ; Bev Lange, Chief Executive Officer of the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation at the time, a former President of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, and a former co-chair of the Sydney Gay Games ; Lex Watson and Sue Wills, Campaign Against Moral Prosecution's ( CAMP ) first Co-Presidents ; and Hannah Williams and Savannah Supski, who had recently protested against the ban against same-sex couples at Hannah's Melbourne school formal.

Betfair now has information-sharing agreements with most racing bodies in Australia and most major professional sports, including the Australian Football League, the National Rugby League, the Australian Rugby Union, Football Federation Australia, Cricket Australia, the PGA Tour of Australasia and Tennis Australia.

His commentating is frequently parodied on the Australian comedy series Comedy Inc. and The Twelfth Man.

In Australia, the industry is represented by the Australian Professional Technical Analysts ( APTA ) Inc and the Australian Technical Analysts Association ( ATAA ).

Fairmont products are exported around the world, although the dominant product, railroad speeders, is now mainly in the hands of railway enthusiasts who operate them for fun, such as the North American Railcar Operators Association and the Australian Society of Section Car Operators, Inc.

* VALA, Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc., an Australian not-for-profit organisation

In 1984, Australian courts determined a patent case: Windsurfing International Inc & Anor-v-Petit & Anor ( also part reported in 3 IPR 449 or 2 NSWLR 196 ), which attributed the first legally accepted use of a split boom to an Australian boy, Richard Eastaugh.

In the Mirage Studios case FSR 145, Browne-Wilkinson, V. C., after referring to the Australian cases of Children's Television Workshop v. Woolworths ( NSW ) Ltd. RPC 187 and Fido Dido Inc. v. Venture Stores ( Retailers ) 16 IPR 365, said the law as developed in Australia is sound.

The British Academy Of Stage & Screen Combat ( BASSC ) and Fight Directors Canada in 1993, the Society of Australian Fight Directors Inc. in 1994, the New Zealand Stage Combat Society in 1995 and the British Academy of Dramatic Combat in 1996.

The lease was sold to a consortium of Canadian, Spanish and Australian interests operating under the name 407 International Inc. for approximately $ 3. 1 billion in 1999, a figure that is acknowledged to be far lower than the actual value of the highway.

* Australian Capital Territory Canine Association Inc ( Dogs ACT )

* North Australian Canine Association Inc ( Dogs NT )

In 1987 The Cecchetti Society of Australia Inc. was incorporated becoming an autonomous Australian Society administered by an elected National Council of members from its state branches.

The Western Australian Labor government was in a state of crisis as a result of corruption allegations against the cabinets of two successive premiers, Brian Burke and Peter Dowding, the so-called " WA Inc " period.

The series was produced in conjunction with the Australian Broadcasting Service and Turner Broadcasting System Inc.

* The Australian Hibiscus Society Inc. ()

University of Virginia radiologist Avery Evans said his study, which was funded by the Australian government and Cook Medical Inc., found vertebroplasty and sham procedures offered patients nearly identical pain relief.

Fashion retailers including Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Gap Inc and Nordstrom and George ( UK ) stopped stocking Australian Merino wool products.

In the UK and Ireland, it does business as " Coats ( UK ) Ltd ", in Canada as " Coats Canada Inc " ( and has an industrial subsidiary " Coats Bell "), and as " Coats Australian Pty Ltd " in Australia.

The West Australian Music Industry Awards or WAMis are presented annually from 1985 by Western Australian Music Industry Association Inc to recognise local artists.

The peak industry body, the Australian Home Heating Association Inc is a major financial supporter of Landcare Australia, sponsoring the planting of over 40, 000 trees per year.

The Ringwood Field Naturalists Club Inc. ( RFNC ) is an Australian natural history and conservation organisation.

* Nautilus Minerals Inc., Australian underwater mining company

In the early 1980s, Warner was the target of a hostile takeover bid by Australian media magnate Rupert Murdoch ; although this attempt did not succeed, Warner sold off several of its assets, among them Atari and Global Soccer, Inc., the subsidiary that operated the Cosmos.