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  2. List of Australian place names changed from German names

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    South Australia The South Australian Nomenclature Act 1917 authorised the compilation and gazetting of a list of place-names contained in a report of the previous October prepared by a parliamentary "nomenclature committee", and authorised the Governor of South Australia, by proclamation, to "alter any place-name which he deems to be of enemy ...

  3. Lionel Messi - Wikipedia

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    Lionel Andrés " Leo " Messi [note 1] ( Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ⓘ; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a ...

  4. List of ecoregions in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Benguela ecoregion – Ecoregion off the coast of South Africa. Agulhas ecoregion – Ecoregion off the coast of South Africa. Natal ecoregion – Marine ecoregion on the eastern coast of South Africa. Delagoa ecoregion – Marine ecoregion on the eastern coast of southern Africa. Prince Edward Islands – Two small sub-Antarctic islands ...

  5. Flag of South Africa (1928–1994) - Wikipedia

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    A variant of "Oranje, Blanje, Blou" with a lighter shade of blue used from 1982 until the end of the National Party's reign in 1994. The South African "Red Ensign" was used unofficially as a de facto national flag until 1928; it continued being used sparsely in limited contexts until the early 1950s. The flag of South Africa from 1928 to 1994 ...

  6. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and ...

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    www .nsw .gov .au /departments-and-agencies /dcceew. The New South Wales Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water ( DCCEEW) is a department of the New South Wales Government, responsible for climate change and energy action, water management, environment and heritage conservation and protection.

  7. Pay Commission - Wikipedia

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    In July 2006, the Cabinet approved setting up of the sixth pay commission. This commission has been set up under Justice B.N.Srikrishna with a timeframe of 18 months. The cost of hikes in salaries is anticipated to be about ₹ 20,000 crore for a total of 5.5 million government employees as per media speculation on the 6th Pay Commission, the report of which is expected to be handed over in ...

  8. Christmas - Wikipedia

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    The English word Christmas is a shortened form of 'Christ's Mass'. The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131. Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from the Greek Χριστός (Khrīstos, 'Christ'), a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ ‎ (Māšîaḥ, 'Messiah'), meaning 'anointed'; and mæsse is from the Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist.

  9. PayPal - Wikipedia

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    eBay, PayPal, Kijiji and StubHub, 500 King Street West, Toronto, April 2014. PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that support online money transfers; it serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as checks and money orders.