In the state and territory parliaments, Labor governs in South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory.

Following the emergence of the Australian Football League, the SANFL, WAFL and other state leagues rapidly declined to a secondary status.

* 1901 – New York becomes the first U. S. state to require automobile license plates. Anzac Beach – Australian and New Zealand forces invade Turkey

In the Australian state of South Australia, 28 December is a public holiday known as Proclamation Day and Boxing Day is not normally a public holiday.

They also appear on the flags of the Australian state of Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory, as well as the flag of Magallanes Region of Chile, the flag of Londrina ( Brazil ) and several Argentine provincial flags and emblems ( for example, Tierra del Fuego and Santa Cruz ).

The Constitution stipulated that Australia was a constitutional monarchy, where the Head of State is the British ( or, since 1942, Australian ) monarch, who is represented at the federal level by a Governor-General, and at the state level by six Governors, one for each state.

During a Council of Australian Governments meeting of 2007, model legislation to rework double jeopardy laws was drafted, but there was no formal agreement for each state to introduce it.

* 1854 – Eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.

With the introduction of National Health Practitioner registration legislation on July 1, 2010, the title " doctor " is not restricted in any Australian state.

* 1851 – The largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history take place in the state of Victoria.

First-class teams are usually representative of a geopolitical region such as an English county, an Australian state or a West Indian nation.

Now, the Queen of Australia is generally bound by constitutional convention to accept the advice of the Australian Prime Minister and state Premiers about Australian and state constitutional matters respectively, however the practice of Premiers advising the monarch has only become the convention since the passage of the Australia Acts ( 1986 ).

Various Governors-General had previously served as governors of an Australian state or colony: Lord Hopetoun ( Victoria 1889 – 95 ); Lord Tennyson ( South Australia 1899 – 1902 ); Lord Gowrie ( South Australia 1928 – 34 ; and New South Wales 1935 – 36 ); Major General Michael Jeffery ( Western Australia 1993 – 2000 ); Quentin Bryce ( Queensland 2003 – 08 ).

The Governor of New South Wales is the state viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who is equally shared with 15 other sovereign nations in a form of personal union, as well as with the six other jurisdictions of Australia, and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United Kingdom.

The Governor of Victoria is the representative in the Australian state of Victoria of its monarch, Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia and is one of the Governors of the Australian states.

that may give a head of state or their representative additional powers in unexpected circumstances ( such as the dismissal of Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam by Governor-General Sir John Kerr.

is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania.

The first of the Australian gold rushes, in the 1850s, began a large wave of immigration, with approximately two per cent of the population of the United Kingdom emigrating to the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria.

The practice of the Australian states — for example, New South Wales and Victoria — has been, when legislating to repeal some imperial statutes so far as they still applied in Australia, to provide that imperial statutes concerning the royal succession remain in force.

They played 19 games of Australian rules football, against prominent clubs in Victoria and South Australia, winning six and drawing one of these ( see Australian rules football in England ).

The word bunyip can still be found in a number of Australian contexts, including place names such as the Bunyip River ( which flows into Westernport Bay in southern Victoria ) and the town of Bunyip, Victoria.

" The word is also used in numerous other Australian contexts, including the House of the Gentle Bunyip in Clifton Hill, Victoria.

* the Division of Holt, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria

Australian Prime Ministers 1901 – 1972, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Victoria, Ch. 19.

* 1893 – Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, first Victoria Cross winner ( d. 1932 )

He served as the federal president of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 1969 – 70, and also as the president for its Victoria branch from 1963 until his death in 1980.

In Australian Aboriginal astronomy, Lyra is known by the Boorong people in Victoria as the Malleefowl constellation.

Today, Australian states and territories that teach media studies at a secondary level are Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.

In Victoria, the VCE media studies course is structured as: Unit 1-Representation, Technologies of Representation, and New Media ; Unit 2-Media Production, Australian Media Organisations ; Unit 3-Narrative Texts, Production Planning ; and Unit 4-Media Process, Social Values, and Media Influence.

The King maintained that it was now his sole prerogative to choose a governor-general, and he wanted Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood for the Australian post.

It was reported in the Australian press that he had failed to pay his medical bills ; however, Lewis maintained that the payment confusion was the fault of his health insurer.

A lowering of wages was enforced and industry tariff protections maintained, which together with cheaper raw materials during the 1930s saw a shift from agriculture to manufacturing as the chief employer of the Australian economy-a shift which was consolidated by increased investment by the commonwealth government into defence and armaments manufacture.

* The Trust Territory of New Guinea ( Australia ): The north-eastern section of this island had been a League of Nations mandate, the south-eastern section had been Australian before World War I ; after World War II, the two were combined into a unified entity for administrative purposes, although the legal distinction between the Territory of Papua and the Territory of New Guinea was maintained.

Officers in the Australian army perform paper work duties whilst in a barracks environment while the NCOs ensure discipline is being maintained.

On 22 May 2009 it was disclosed in the press, citing wikileaks. org, that the Australian Government had added the online Peaceful Pill Handbook ( hosted at www. yudu. com ) to the blacklist maintained by the Australian Communications and Media Authority used to filter internet access to citizens of Australia.

Further, his principal Australian investments in television and casinos were highly protected from competition by government regulation which Packer and his employees worked very hard to have maintained.

At the completion of the project, the Australian Government maintained much of the diverse workforce and established the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation ( SMEC ), which still exists as an international engineering consultancy company.

Publishers like BeeGang and So Out maintained unaltered the original story written by Charles Perrault mainly adding interactivity or educational content to their book apps ; Other publishers like BlueQuoll, an Australian publishing group, have pushed further the boundaries of the narration and re-invented the story even in the title, Mr. Wolf and the Ginger Cupcakes that puts the wolf at the center of the narration.

Lord Dalmeny awarded Hobbs his County Cap as the players left the field ; Amid press acclaim, Hobbs maintained his form over the following weeks ; he scored another century against Essex and hit 94 runs against the touring Australian cricket team.

Their maritime-based trade and interactions with the Papuans to the north and the Australian Aboriginal communities have maintained a steady cultural diffusion between the three societal groups, dating back thousands of years at least.

* online collection of maps of Tibet maintained by The Australian National University

The Australian has long maintained a focus on issues relating to Aboriginal disadvantage.

Since October 2001 the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) has maintained a continuous presence in and around Iraqi territorial waters as part of Operation Slipper and subsequent operations.

The three sections are operated and maintained by separate agencies: the Dulles Toll Road and the Dulles Access Road by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority ( MWAA ) and the Dulles Greenway by an Australian company, Macquarie Atlas Roads.

Many people include Anzac Parade as part of the Australian War Memorial because of the Parade's physical design leading up to the War Memorial, but it is maintained separately by the National Capital Authority ( NCA ).

The Australian team maintained that they play hard but fair.

* Biography of Peter Sculthorpe – maintained by the Australian Music Centre

Wisden praised Hutton's strategy and tactical sense, and he was widely acclaimed in the press, particularly for the good spirit which he and Hassett, the Australian captain, maintained.

The walking trail which leads from the back of the Australian War Memorial is well maintained with steps and is paved, and is often used.

However, for the purposes of Australian nationality a distinction was maintained between the two territories.

While the numbers of nuns serving in Australian health facilities declined, the Church maintained a strong presence in health care.

The Australian Business Register ( ABR ) is maintained by the Registrar of the ABR, who is also the Commissioner of Taxation.