While the early explorers used horses to cross the outback, the first woman to make the journey riding a horse was Anna Hingley, who rode from Broome to Cairns in 2006.

In 2006, Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Episcopal Bishop of Nevada, became the first woman to become the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.

1. 9 children born / woman ( 2006 est.

In January 2006 Chileans elected their first woman president, Michelle Bachelet, of the Socialist Party.

He was succeeded as team president by his daughter, Marguerite, the first ( and as of the 2006 – 07 season, only ) woman to head an NHL franchise.

4. 26 children born / woman ( 2006 est.

A novel published in 2006 by Laura Esquivel casts the Nahua, Malinalli, as one of history's pawns who becomes Malinche ( the novel's title ) a woman " trapped between the Mexican civilization and the invading Spaniards, and unveils a literary view of the legendary love affair ".

1. 79 children born / woman ( 2006 est.

Although women chazaniyot ( cantors ) are common in North American Conservative synagogues, in 2006, Jaclyn Chernett became the first woman in the UK to be ordained as a chazan ( cantor ) in the British Masorti movement.

Plea bargaining was introduced in India by Criminal Law ( Amendment ) Act, 2005, which amended the Code of Criminal Procedure and introduced a new chapter XXI ( A ) in the code, enforceable from January 11, 2006, which affects cases in which the maximum punishment is imprisonment for 7 years ; however, offenses affecting the socio-economic condition of the country and offenses committed against a woman or a child below 14 are excluded.

2. 31 children born / woman ( 2006 est.

2. 94 children born / woman ( 2006 est.

2. 7 children born / woman ( 2006 est.

In her 2006 biography, John, ( London: Hodder ; U. S .: Crown Publishing ) Cynthia Lennon portrays Ono as a selfish, spiteful woman.

Adams and Fuller ( 2006 ) state that, in misogynistic rap, a bitch is a " money-hungry, scandalous, manipulating, and demanding woman.

On February 22, 2006, Davenport became just the eighth woman in WTA history to win 700 singles matches, when she handed out her fourth career " double bagel ", defeating Elena Likhovtseva in the second round of the Dubai tournament.

In the 2006 reshuffle, Margaret Beckett became the first ( and only ) woman to hold the post.

Olympic women's ice hockey champion Cassie Campbell joined Hockey Night in Canada as a rinkside reporter, becoming ( on October 14, 2006 ) the first woman to do colour commentary on a Hockey Night in Canada broadcast.

In June 2006, Bahrain was elected head of the United Nations General Assembly, and used the honour to appoint Haya bint Rashid Al Khalifa as the Assembly's president, making her the first Middle East woman and only the third woman in history to take over the post.

In 2006, Josie Carroll became the first woman trainer to ever win the Queen's Plate.

Research also shows that when a laboring woman was supported by a female helper such as a family member or doula during labor, she had less need for chemical pain relief, the likelihood of caesarean section was reduced, use of forceps and other instrumental deliveries were reduced, there was a reduction in the length of labor, and the baby had a higher Apgar score ( Dellman 2004, Vernon 2006 ).

She was elected on November 7, 2006 as the first woman sheriff of Benton County and the first elected female sheriff in Oregon.

Archeological excavations at Link Street exposed a building dating to the 11th or 12th century suggesting that Homerton existed before it was first recorded in 1343 .< ref >< cite > MoLAS ( TQ 3534 8504 summary of archeological investigation at Link St ) accessed: 20 October 2006 </ ref > The hamlet of Homerton ( Humberton or Hummerton, named for the farm of a woman named Hunburh ) developed for about a half-mile along the road on the north side of the now buried and lost Hackney Brook, within the vale formed by the brook.

Caballero remarried on July 15, 2006 to a woman named Rachael and they have a son together, Caleb Bela.

On 14 March 2006, the Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Bringing Home the Goods, raiding a Jericho prison to capture PFLP general secretary, Ahmad Sa ' adat and five other prisoners charged with assassinating Israeli tourist minister Rehavam Zeevi who were about to be released.

The Plymouth Dome, a turret and domed building, built into a small old quarry site above Tinside as an historical theme tourist attraction, failed to attract enough tourists or locals and closed in 2006.

During the last four decades Spain's foreign tourist industry has grown into the second biggest in the world and was worth approximately 40 billion Euros, about 5 % of GDP, in 2006.

The Hot Creek tourist attraction was closed to swimming in 2006 due to increased geothermal activity.

France is the world's most popular tourist destination with more than 81. 9 million foreign tourists in 2007, ahead of Spain ( 58. 5 million in 2006 ) and the United States ( 51. 1 million in 2006 ).

On September 18, 2006, an Iranian American named Anousheh Ansari became the fourth space tourist ( Soyuz TMA-9 ).

In February 2006, CKX Chairman Bob Sillerman announced plans to turn Graceland into an international tourist destination on a par with the Disney or Universal theme parks, sprucing up the area mansion and doubling or possibly tripling the 600, 000 annual visitors to around 2 million a year.

In December 2006 2, 9 % of the department's employment was related to the tourist sector ( source: Committee for Tourism in the Department of Ain, 2006 ).

The most recent major fire came in January 2006, destroying large amounts of vegetation and resulting in the death of a tourist.

Another similar project began after the 2006 tourist season closed.

" ( Observations from a visiting Irish tourist, July 2006 )

* Erotic frescoes put Pompeii brothel on the tourist map, The Times, 27 October 2006

The ferry to Gothenburg, Sweden, from " Newcastle " ( actually North Shields ) in northern England ( currently run by the Danish company DFDS Seaways ), ceased at the end of October 2006 " DFDS scraps Newcastle-Gothenburg line ", The Local, 7 September 2006: " Danish shipping company DFDS Seaways is to scrap the only passenger ferry route between Sweden and Britain, with the axing of the Gothenburg-Newcastle route at thekey route for Scottish tourist traffic from Sweden and Norway.

In November 2006, Austria, like China, announced that Greece was the favourite tourist destination for its citizens.

Carolina, led between 1984 and 2006 by mayor José Aponte, is one of Puerto Rico's most important tourist centers.

Medway Council's Cabinet agreed proposals for the restoration and development of Eastgate House as a major cultural and tourist facility, and for the project to be recognised as a key cultural regeneration project on 7 November 2006.

However, in October 2006, the Ciudad Madero Planning Commission signaled its intention to build a new lighthouse because of the cultural and tourist values it would provide.

In 2006 it was ranked as the top tourist destination in Pakistan by The Guardian newspaper.

In 2006 it selected a New York City development company to reopen the theater as a tourist destination, but the company's contract was terminated in July 2007 because of lack of progress.

Shane has also appeared in variety theatre in popular tourist venues such as Blackpool in 2006, and in pantomime in Jack and the Beanstalk in 2008.

With 28, 250 inhabitants ( 2006 ), Kłodzko is the main commercial centre as well as an important transport and tourist node for the area.

In December 2006, there were 612 hotels and tourist guest houses in Hong Kong, with 52, 512 rooms.