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.

Abalone pearl jewelry is very popular in New Zealand and Australia, in no minor part due to the marketing and farming efforts of pearl companies.

The single was a minor hit in Australia and the UK.

The rebuilt car was completed, with minor modifications, in 1962 and, by the end of the year, was shipped to Australia for a new attempt at Lake Eyre in 1963.

Federally, in New South Wales, and to an extent Victoria, it has generally been the minor party in a centre-right Coalition with the Liberal Party of Australia in government.

As Australia also uses a ranked voting system supporters of minor parties are not disenfranchised as their votes are redistributed to other candidates according to the voter's nominated order of preference which can then form part of another candidates winning quota.

In other jurisdictions ( e. g. England, Australia, Canada ), this presumption may be rebutted through proof that the minor is ‘ mature ’ ( the ‘ Gillick standard ’).

In Australia the use of single transferable vote in federal Senate elections minimizes the extent of disfranchisement as votes for minor candidates are redistributed to other candidates, which then form part of the winning quota, according to the voter's order of preference.

( Examples include the Ospreys, a Rugby Union team ; the Missoula Osprey, a minor league baseball team ; the Seattle Seahawks, an American football team ; and the North Florida Ospreys ) or as a mascot ( examples include the Springs School Ospreys in Springs, New York ; Geraldton skiing team in Australia ; the University of North Florida ; Salve Regina University ; Wagner College ; the University of North Carolina at Wilmington ; Richard Stockton College ; and Wells International School in Bangkok, Thailand.

In the Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory there are differing degrees of decriminalization for minor offenses.

The Australia Party was the name of a minor political party in Australia ( not to be confused with the Australian Party, which was set up by Billy Hughes in 1930 ).

The non-U. S. singles were " Nobody Knows ," a minor hit in the UK, Australia and Germany ; " Dear Mr. President ," an open letter to the U. S. President George W. Bush ( featuring the Indigo Girls ) and a number 1 hit in Belgium, a top five hit in Germany, Australia and other countries ; " Leave Me Alone ( I'm Lonely )," a UK top 40 and Australian top five entry ; and "' Cuz I Can.

Denmark was one of only five countries to take part in the actual invasion operations ( the others being the U. S, UK, Poland and Australia ) though the contingent mainly consisted of two minor warships and staff and radio units, that were never involved in actual combat.

In many countries, including Australia, India, Philippines, Brazil, Croatia and Colombia, a minor is defined as a person under the age of 18.

The Federal Magistrates ' Court of Australia deals with more minor Commonwealth law matters which had previously been heard by the Federal Court ( administrative law, bankruptcy, consumer protection, trade practices, human rights and copyright ) or the Family Court ( divorce, residence ( or custody ) and contact ( or access ) of the children, property division upon divorce, maintenance and child support ).

This was bolstered by another company also, with Cuyler Hastings, through minor cities and Australia.

A crossbencher is an independent or minor party member of some legislatures, such as the British House of Lords and in the Parliament of Australia.

The term refers to both independent and minor party members in various Parliaments of Australia.

Their record defeat, 142 – 0 against Australia in the 2003 tournament, led to some questioning the presence of the minor teams at the tournament.

In the late 1990s " Eurodisco ", from their album Social Dancing, became a minor success for the band in Australia as well as the UK.

Kerr-McGee and its subsidiaries formerly operated in western Kazakhstan, western Australia, Brazil, Trinidad, Benin, the United Kingdom and several other more minor locations around the world at various times.

In 1984, after a successful season of winter training in Australia, Ovett's progress was slightly hampered by minor injuries and bronchitis.