By way of a folk memorial, he is recalled in the Australian vernacular expression " do a Harold Holt " ( or " do the Harry "), rhyming slang for " do a bolt " meaning " to disappear suddenly and without explanation ", although this is usually employed in the context of disappearance from a social gathering rather than a case of presumed death.

Later that year, in the context of a series of ministerial scandals that were rocking the Whitlam government, Fraser opted to use the Coalition opposition Senate numbers to delay the government's budget bills with the objective of achieving an early election ( see 1975 Australian constitutional crisis ).

According to the Australian Classification Board media release, the DVD was passed due to " the inclusion of 176 minutes of additional material which provided a context to the feature film.

In 2006, Kelly's work was described by fellow Australian journalists, Toby Creswell and Samantha Trenoweth, " is distinguished for his broad and deep grasp of the inter-relationship of economics and political shifts, and his ability to place Australian domestic developments into an international and historical context ".

In the context of European and Australian patent law, the term " state of the art " is a concept used in the process of assessing and asserting novelty and inventive step, and is a synonym of the expression " prior art ".

The date of separation is also of significance in the context of Australian de facto relationships.

Unlike some other Australian cities, the road network, suburbs, parks and other elements of the city were designed in context with each other, rather than haphazard planning as witnessed in much of Sydney.

In the Australian context, the Federal government generally will not employ an ex-convict, but some other state organizations may or may not have a time limit restricting employment.

Politics of the Australian state of Victoria takes place in the context of a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliamentary system, and like other Australian states, Victoria is part of the federation known as the Commonwealth of Australia.

Secret designs restricted to a ritual context were now in the market place, made visible to Australian Aboriginal painting.

Written with candour, insight and a thorough analysis of the context set by the film and television industry in Australia over five decades, it provokes readers with its central polemic, that the development of a healthy screen culture is essential to the production of a successful production industry, and that the AFI should be recognised for its vital contribution to Australian film culture over half a century.

In Australia, especially within the context of sport, " tribunal " frequently refers to the AFL Tribunal, the disciplinary body of the Australian Football League.

Critics debated whether it could be considered an Australian film, and whether it was an embrace of or a reaction to the country's cultural and natural context.

Most belonged to one of the Australian reformed churches of Dutch origin ( the Christian Reformed Churches of Australia or the Free Reformed Churches of Australia, sometimes incorrectly called the Dutch Reformed Church, which is a name used in the Netherlands, South Africa and Sri Lanka but never in the Australian context ).

Australian Christmas carols like the Three Drovers or Christmas Day by John Wheeler and William G. James place the Christmas story in an Australian context of warm, dry Christmas winds and red dust and are popular at Catholic services.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation | ABC news report of the Tampa affair and its political context, October 2001.

Macquarie University academic Joseph Pugliese is among writers who have applied whiteness studies to an Australian context, discussing the ways that Indigenous Australians were marginalized in the wake of British colonization of Australia, as whiteness came to be defined as central to Australian identity.

Wykehamical vowel-alteration is often accompanied by a High Rising Terminal intonation pattern, which is often encountered in Australian English and the stereotyped Californian Valspeak, but which is relatively rare in the context of standard Southern British English and may wrongly be interpreted as " questioning ".

Neil Pigot, who did some work with the group, describes their style as " a sort of extension of the Python tradition, but very much in an Australian context.

As had been the case on Bligh's tour 20 years before, the Australian media latched fervently onto the term, and, this time it stuck.

In 1978, the term Barassi Line was used to describe the dichotomy that existed in Australia's football culture, where Australian Football was most popular in all states bar New South Wales and Queensland.

S. A. Hamed Hosseini ( an Australian sociologist and expert in global social movement studies ), argues that the term anti-globalization can be ideal-typically used only to refer to only one ideological vision he detects alongside three other visions ( the anti-globalist, the alter-globalist and the alter-globalization ).

" The Never-Never " is a term referring to remoter parts of the Australian outback.

As with Japanese suburban railways or Germany's and Switzerland's S-Bahns, these Australian networks have far more frequent services and far higher ridership per capita than US ' commuter rail ' in the usual sense of the term.

In some historical cases the term machine carbine was the official title for sub-machine guns, such as the British Sten and Australian Owen guns.

The term also served when six Australian colonies federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901.

In Australian slang the term for an English person is " pommy ", which has been proposed as a rhyme on " pomegranate " rhyming with " immigrant ".

A more recent Australian invention is the term " reginalds " to describe underpants ( referred to as " undies " in Australian slang ), from " Reg Grundies " after Reg Grundy, the Australian media tycoon.

In his 1995 book Darwinian Fairytales, Australian philosopher David Stove used the term " Darwinism " in a different sense than the above examples.

The variety of different ways to contest possession in Australian rules has led to first time observers of the game regarding it as having " no rules " or as some Australians unfamiliar with the game colloquially term it " Rafferty's Rules ".

Although the term " tackle " is used in Australian Rules to exclusively describe wrapping, holding or wrestling a player in possession, there are also several other ways of contesting possession in Australian rules that other sports would describe as a " tackle " and that also involve a degree of contact.

* A term in Australian rules football

Sir William McKell ( 1947 – 53 ) was knighted during his term of office, but all the other governors-general until 1989 were already either peers or knights ; the only Australian peer was Lord Casey ( 1965 – 69 ).

In 1930, King George V and the Australian Prime Minister James Scullin discussed the appointment of a new governor-general to replace Lord Stonehaven, whose term was coming to an end.

Their children, the first Irish Australians in the sense we understand the term, played a definitive role in shaping Australian history, society and culture.

Historian Patrick O ' Farrell noted in The Irish in Australia ( 1987 ) that the term " Australia first " became " what amounted to the Australian Irish Catholic slogan ".

* Australian term for Electric Kettle.

However, few linguists who now study Khoisan languages accept their unity, and the name " Khoisan " is used by them as a term of convenience without any implication of linguistic validity, much as " Papuan " and " Australian " are.

The inflammatory term " bodyline " was coined and perpetuated by the Australian press ( see below ).

The term opossums is properly used to refer to the American species ( though possum is a common diminutive ), while similar Australian species are properly called possums.

Or, third, it incorporates the United Kingdom rules of succession into the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, which itself can now be altered only by Australia, according to the Australia Act 1986 ; in that way, the British rules of succession have been patriated to Australia and, with regard to Australia, are subject to amendment or repeal solely by Australian law.

* 1909 – New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signed the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia at federal / national level of the Australian monarch ( currently Queen Elizabeth II ).

In Commentaries on the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia, Garran noted that, since the Australian executive is national in nature ( being dependent on the nationally elected House of Representatives, rather than the Senate ), " the Governor-General, as the official head of the Executive, does not in the smallest degree represent any federal element ; if he represents anything he is the image and embodiment of national unity and the outward and visible representation of the Imperial relationship of the Commonwealth.

* John Devitt: Olympic gold medallist and manager of the Australian Commonwealth Games team grew up in Granville

It is also the official march of several Commonwealth navies including the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy.

As Prime Minister, he oversaw landmark changes including the historic decision not to devalue the Australian dollar in line with the British pound, and the 1967 constitutional referendum in which an overwhelming majority of Australians voted in favour of giving the Commonwealth power to legislate specifically for indigenous Australians.

He supported the Commonwealth in campaigning to abolish apartheid in South Africa, and refused permission for the aircraft carrying the Springbok rugby team to refuel on Australian territory en route to their controversial 1981 tour of New Zealand.

According to the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics ( now the Australian Bureau of Statistics ), " In common with other natives, the islanders are very susceptible to tuberculosis and influenza, and in 1921 an influenza epidemic caused the deaths of 230 islanders.

* 1950 – Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.

* 1999 – Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.

The only differences between these flags is that the Australian flag has the Commonwealth Star below the canton, and that on the New Zealand flag, just four stars in the Southern Cross are presented, and they are five-pointed red stars with white borders.

Papua, by contrast, was deemed to be an External Territory of the Australian Commonwealth, though as a matter of law it remained a British possession.

The Hawke / Keating governments of 1983 – 1996 pursued economic policies and restructuring such as floating the Australian dollar in 1983, reducing tariffs on imports, taxation reforms, moving from centralised wage-fixing to enterprise bargaining, privatisation of publicly-owned companies such as Qantas and the Commonwealth Bank, and deregulation of the banking system.

Before 1980, a section of the Commonwealth Railways Central Australian line passed along the western side of the Simpson Desert.

::( g ) instigates a person who is not an Australian citizen to make an armed invasion of the Commonwealth or a Territory of the Commonwealth ; or

A truck ( North American and Australian English ) or lorry ( British and Commonwealth English ) is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo.

It is used, or was once used, in the national legislatures and subnational legislatures of most Commonwealth and ex-Commonwealth nations upon being granted responsible government, beginning with the first of the Canadian provinces in 1848 and the six Australian colonies between 1855 and 1890.

The insignia of the three ranks are: a crown for a WO2 ; the ( Australian ) Commonwealth Coat of Arms ( changed from the Royal Coat of Arms in 1976 ) for a WO1 ; and the Commonwealth Coat of Arms surrounded by a laurel wreath for the Warrant Officer.